I m getting the following errors when I launch XAMPP 12 35 23 main Initializing Control Panel 12 35 23 main Windows Version 64-bit 12 35 23 main XAMPP Version 1 8 1 12 35 23 main Control Panel Version 3 1 0 3 1 0 Compiled September 20th 2012 12 35 23 main Running with Administrator rights - good 12 35 23 main XAMPP Installation Directory c xampp 12 35 23 main Checking for prerequisites 12 35 23 main All prerequisites found 12 35 23 main Initializing Modules 12 35 23 Apache XAMPP Apache Service is already running on port 80 12 35 23 Apache XAMPP Apache Service is already running on port 443 12 35 23 mysql MySQL Service detected with wrong path 12 35 23 mysql Change XAMPP MySQL settings or 12 35 23 mysql Uninstall disable the other service manually first 12 35 23 mysql Found Path C Program Files MySQL MySQL Server 5 5 bin mysqld --defaults-file C Program Files MySQL MySQL Server 5 5 my ini MySQL 12 35 23 mysql Expected Path c xampp mysql bin mysqld exe --defaults-file c xampp mysql bin my ini mysql 12 35 23 mysql Problem detected 12 35 23 mysql Port 3306 in use by mysqld exe 12 35 23 mysql MySQL WILL NOT start without the configured ports free 12 35 23 mysql You need to uninstall disable reconfigure the blocking application 12 35 23 mysql or reconfigure MySQL to listen on a different port 12 35 23 main Starting Check-Timer 12 35 23 main Control Panel Ready I wasn t able to find a proper solution on google so I m kinda hoping someone could help me out with this Oh and XAMPP is running properly Apache and the MySQL service are both running

Go to cmd and run it with Administrator mode Uninstall mysql service through command prompt using the following command sc delete mysql restart XAMPP

Apache - MySQL Service detected with wrong path. / Ports already in use

Go to cmd and run it with Administrator mode.
Uninstall mysql service through command prompt using the following command.
```
        sc delete mysql
```
restart XAMPP

~ Answered on 2013-06-05 11:55:13