MySQL in xampp isn't starting? Unexpected Path Error?

Question

1:04:32 PM [main] Initializing Control Panel
1:04:32 PM [main] Windows Version: Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit
1:04:32 PM [main] XAMPP Version: 5.5.19
1:04:32 PM [main] Control Panel Version: 3.2.1 [ Compiled: May 7th 2013 ]
1:04:32 PM [main] You are not running with administrator rights! This will work for
1:04:32 PM [main] most application stuff but whenever you do something with services
1:04:32 PM [main] there will be a security dialogue or things will break! So think
1:04:32 PM [main] about running this application with administrator rights!
1:04:32 PM [main] XAMPP Installation Directory: "c:\xampp\"
1:04:32 PM [main] Checking for prerequisites
1:04:44 PM [main] All prerequisites found
1:04:44 PM [main] Initializing Modules
1:04:44 PM [mysql] MySQL Service detected with wrong path
1:04:44 PM [mysql] Change XAMPP MySQL and Control Panel settings or
1:04:44 PM [mysql] Uninstall/disable the other service manually first
1:04:44 PM [mysql] Found Path: C:\mysql\bin\mysqld-nt.exe
1:04:44 PM [mysql] Expected Path: c:\xampp\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe --defaults-file=c:\xampp\mysql\bin\my.ini mysql
1:04:44 PM [main] Starting Check-Timer
1:04:44 PM [main] Control Panel Ready
1:04:47 PM [Apache] Attempting to start Apache app...
1:04:47 PM [Apache] Status change detected: running
1:04:51 PM [mysql] Attempting to start MySQL service...
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Already tried reinstalling

Answer 1

xampp already includes mySQL. If you want to use it, you should uninstall any previous installation first, just like it says in the error message.

It even mentions the path of your previous installation: C:\mysql\



So:

-uninstall xampp

-uninstall mysql

-reboot

-install xampp

Answer 2

RIGHT click on xampp control panel, and "open as administrator" !

Then, start Apache, and start Mysql.

Answer 3

I'm not going to try to replicate this but have a look at the top answer on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15718157/apache-mysql-service-detected-with-wrong-path-ports-already-in-use