FG
💻 Software

WAMP MySQL Service will not start

Fresh5 days ago
Mar 15, 2026110480 views
Confidence Score0%
0%

Problem

I did a fresh install of WAMP (v2.1) and it works excep the MySQL isn't starting.... here: and everytime I press "Start/Resume Service", NOTHING happens. I go to my.ini and put in a password.Then go to MySQL console.. type in that password and either 1. the console dissapeares or 2. I get Error 200…

Unverified for your environment

Select your OS to check compatibility.

1 Fix

Canonical Fix
Unverified Fix
New Fix – Awaiting Verification

Fix for: WAMP MySQL Service will not start

Low Risk

I tried going to: C:\wamp\bin\mysql\mysql5.6.17\data and deleted the following: auto.cnf, xxxxxxxxx.err, xxxxxxxxx.pid, ib_logfile0 and ib_logfile1 But I left the ibdata1 alone as it references all local databases. I then restarted wamp and it worke…

Awaiting Verification

Be the first to verify this fix

Sign in to verify this fix

Environment