I am using xampp server for php development and want to edit the php.ini file; In windows 7 it started I have faced the same problem.
I looked for help here and here which basically says changed config.inc.php file in. Important **:** do not delete the ibdata1 file. Where can i locate it?
Open that file using textpad/notepad, search for listen or 80 , update. Moved (cut/paste) all the files in c:\xampp\mysql\data to desired backup location. I changed the root password to test and now i cannot login in phpmyadmin page in xampp. You could destroy all your databases.
I just installed it on windows 8. Instead, first try using the mysql backup folder which is included with xampp. I am using xampp, version 3.2.1. I've seen that one of it's new features is that it has a welcome/dashboard page.
Every time i need to go to the xampp control panel to start services (mysql, apache,.); Apache is running just fine on port 80 and 443, but mysql is not starting. I just followed the below steps step 1: