MySQL process not starting

Each time I start EasyPHP on my Windows 7 machine, even though the MySQL icon status shows that it's running, every time I try to access the MySQL database via phpMyAdmin, I get the error:

"No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it."

When I try to restart the MySQL service, the EasyPHP log says:

EasyPHP MySQL ServerBase::Start ScanProcess -> 2700
EasyPHP MySqlSutdown event = MySQLShutdown2700
EasyPHP MySqlSutdown event open fail = 2

But when I completely close and restart EasyPHP, the MySQL status is back up to green. Though when I inspect Task Manager, I don't see mysqld.exe. I do see apache.exe, however. That could be why it fails to shutdown the process because there isn't one to begin with...

I'm not sure what to do now to debug this issue because uninstalling/re-installing doesn't fix it.

Anyone got any ideas? Or have experienced and fixed this issue?