I have the same problem. The server instance is clearly running because WAMP server says so. Also, if I use the old MySQL Administrator, this says it is running. Even more interestingly, I can use the connection to it from Workbench 5.2.17 to edit tables etc. However, on the server administration tab, I can not edit accounts or anything because it says the service is stopped and gives exactly the
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