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Rob_York
5-1-09, 03:43 PM
Hi everyone,

I've recently had to reformat my pc as it was working at a ridiculously slow rate. I've got it all up and running except for MySQL. I've tried to install XAMPP using the .exe method and get one problem, so I did a manual install and got a different problem...

If I use XAMPP then the local MySQL service runs for about 5 seconds and then crashes. Windows asks me to send an error report.

If I do a manual install and then start the service either through Windows XP or through the command prompt, MySQL crashes instantly but no error report is generated. If I test the MySQL server by running the following:

C:\mysql\bin\mysqlshow

Then I get this message:

c:\mysql\bin\mysqlshow: Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)

I'm fairly new to all of this so any help/suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Rob

Rob_York
5-3-09, 09:26 AM
I managed to get this solved by downloading the latest .msi package from the MySQL website. Must have been a corrupt file on my pc I guess...