8.0 installs then starts then won't start then reconfigure fails
I've been going through upgrade hell changing to MySQL 8.0 on my W10 machine. Long story short, after difficulty upgrading the normal way I uninstalled the previous version and traces of it in Program Files, ProgramData, and Users[user]\Roaming\MySQL and did a fresh install of 8.0.19.
After the install the service started and worked fine. After a reboot, the service won't start and I get the "MySQL service on Local Computer has started and then stopped." error. I've tried several recommended fixes for this (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35670755/the-mysql-service-on-local-computer-started-and-then-stopped) and they have failed.
I tried starting mysqld from the command line, but got an error saying it failed to set the datadir. There is a data folder under \ProgramData\MySQL Server 8.0 but not under \Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0. But it was working this way right after the install and before the reboot so not sure this is the problem.
Finally I tried the Reconfigure option on the installer, but when I get to the Account and Role screen and it checks the current root password the check fails after a *long* delay.
What to do?
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January 18, 2020 12:51PM
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