Recover a mysql database from files after upgrading to new version of XAMPP

First of stopped my MySQL service using XAMPP’s

then move your files ib* files and the folder containing the *.frm files to the local mysql data folder

(C:\Program Files\xampp\mysql\data)

then edit my.cnf

(located in C:\Program Files\xampp\mysql\bin)

and made the following changes (starting at line 66 or check your file for line ):

OLD:
skip-innodb
#innodb_data_home_dir = C:/Program Files/xampp/mysql/data/
#innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:10M:autoextend
#innodb_log_group_home_dir = C:/Program Files/xampp/mysql/data/
#innodb_log_arch_dir = C:/Program Files/xampp/mysql/data/
#set-variable = innodb_buffer_pool_size=16M
#set-variable = innodb_additional_mem_pool_size=2M
#set-variable = innodb_log_file_size=5M
#set-variable = innodb_log_buffer_size=8M
#innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=1
#set-variable = innodb_lock_wait_timeout=5

#skip-innodb
innodb_data_home_dir = C:/Program Files/xampp/mysql/data/
innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:10M:autoextend
innodb_log_group_home_dir = C:/Program Files/xampp/mysql/data/
innodb_log_arch_dir = C:/Program Files/xampp/mysql/data/
set-variable = innodb_buffer_pool_size=16M
set-variable = innodb_additional_mem_pool_size=2M
set-variable = innodb_log_file_size=170M
set-variable = innodb_log_buffer_size=8M
innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=1
set-variable = innodb_lock_wait_timeout=50

set innodb_log_file_size to the actual size of my log file then edited the XAMPP batch file that starts the mysql service

(C:\Program Files\xampp\mysql_start.bat)

add –innodb_force_recovery=6 to the end of the call to mysqld.
So line 8 of that file now

mysql\bin\mysqld –defaults-file=mysql\bin\my.cnf –standalone –console –innodb_force_recovery=6