XAMPP – MySQL shutdown unexpectedly. This works 2022-05

  1. Rename the folder 
    mysql/data
     to 
    mysql/data_old
     (you can use any name)
  2. Create a new folder 
    mysql/data
  3. Copy the content that resides in 
    mysql/backup
     to the new 
    mysql/data
     folder
  4. Copy all your database folders that are in 
    mysql/data_old
     to 
    mysql/data
     (skipping the 
    mysql
    performance_schema
    , and 
    phpmyadmin
     folders from 
    data_old
    )
  5. Finally copy the 
    ibdata1
     file from 
    mysql/data_old
     and replace it inside 
    mysql/data
     folder
  6. Start MySQL from XAMPP control panel

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