Re: Windows mysqld: Failed to find valid data directory
OK, I eventually discovered that the installer put the my.ini file in a place where mysqld does not automatically look. After copying my.ini from "\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0" to "\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0", I got a different error:
[ERROR] Found option without preceding group in config file C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\my.ini at line 1.
After some examination and experiments, I discovered that the installed my.ini was in UTF-8 format while mysqld apparently requires ANSI format. I used Notepad to convert and now, it launches.
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