# Error message when starting my local site **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [August 22, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-message-when-starting-my-local-site/51231 "2025-08-22T19:22:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jmt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecd19e/32.png) [@Jmt](https://community.localwp.com/u/Jmt)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-message-when-starting-my-local-site/51231/1 "2025-08-22T19:22:02Z")
### What issue or error are you experiencing? ![localwp](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/lwpforums/original/3X/9/b/9bef3c30dedd30fbaefe9af418262c9945ba2957.jpeg) * * * ### What steps can be taken to replicate the issue? Feel free to include screenshots, videos, etc Start the site. * * * ### System Details - \*\*Local Version:\*\*Version 9.2.6+6872 - **Operating System (OS) and OS version:Win 11 Pro Ver.** 24H2 * * * ### Local Logs Attach your Local Logs here ([Help Doc - Retrieving Local’s Log](https://localwp.com/help-docs/troubleshooting/retrieving-locals-log-file/)) [local-lightning.log](https://community.localwp.com/uploads/short-url/3obQkG0iGXt4r0QiTvXcvtyHaI.log) (137.6 KB) * * * _ **Security Reminder** _ Local does a pretty good job of scrubbing private info from the logs and the errors it produces, however there’s always the possibility that something private can come through. Because these are public forums, always review the screenshots you are sharing to make sure there isn’t private info like passwords being displayed. ---
**Author:** ![eriohm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/eriohm/32/24735_2.png) [@eriohm](https://community.localwp.com/u/eriohm)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2025, 8:24am UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-message-when-starting-my-local-site/51231/2 "2025-08-23T08:24:20Z")
I have the same issue where it has worked fine before. Another test site works with no issues. Tried to clone the site and it seemed to work but would not show anything and now it gets the same error as the original after a restart of the Local app. ---
**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-message-when-starting-my-local-site/51231/3 "2025-08-25T13:27:46Z")
Hey @Jmt and @eriohm One thing you can try is opening your Windows Task Manager and killing MySQL and then try starting the site again. Keep us posted and we’d be happy to help further! ---
**Author:** ![eriohm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/eriohm/32/24735_2.png) [@eriohm](https://community.localwp.com/u/eriohm)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-message-when-starting-my-local-site/51231/4 "2025-08-25T13:45:26Z")
A fine suggestion but no MySQL service is running on my computer… ---
**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-message-when-starting-my-local-site/51231/5 "2025-08-25T13:52:09Z")
Instead of cloning @eriohm - can you try these reimport steps? - Locate the site files on your machine, and save a copy of them to your desktop. If you click `Go to Site Folder` under your site name it should take you right to where they are located. - Once you have those copied, completely delete the site from Local - Restart Local/your machine - Reimport the site back into Local. You can refer here on how to [Restore from only Local site files](https://localwp.com/help-docs/getting-started/how-to-import-a-wordpress-site-into-local/#restore-local-site-from-site-files) If that works, moving forward from here, ensure that sites are _stopped_ after you’re done workingn on them, and then Quit the Local application. ---
**Author:** ![Nick-B](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/nick-b/32/16140_2.png) [@Nick-B](https://community.localwp.com/u/Nick-B)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-message-when-starting-my-local-site/51231/6 "2025-08-25T14:12:50Z")
A post was split to a new topic: [No Database Tables Exist Error](https://community.localwp.com/t/no-database-tables-exist-error/51262) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://community.localwp.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-message-when-starting-my-local-site/51231/7 "2025-11-23T14:13:10Z")
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