MAMP: MySQL doesn't start (Cannot open Windows EventLog)

Question

When I start MAMP on my Windows 10 it can't start MySQL. Yesterday MAMP could start the database server but not today.

I have open the mySQL log ( C:\\MAMP\\logs\\mysql_error_log.err ) to see what is happening and I see this:

2019-03-03T12:37:02.179451Z 0 [Note] --secure-file-priv is set to NULL. Operations related to importing and exporting data are disabled
2019-03-03T12:37:02.180417Z 0 [ERROR] Cannot open Windows EventLog; check privileges, or start server with --log_syslog=0
2019-03-03T12:37:02.180436Z 0 [Note] C:\MAMP\\bin\mysql\bin\mysqld.exe (mysqld 5.7.24-log) starting as process 4580 ...

I have been searching for the EventLog error but I couldn't find something to resolve the problem. What can I do?

Answer 1

Stop all MAMP services.

C:\\MAMP\\db\\mysql\\

First backup all files that begin with mysql-bin.* Then delete all files that begin with mysql-bin.* (including mysql-bin.index file.) and start services.

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