Error while changing the root password

[siva raman]

hi ,

i forgot the password to the root user for Mysql server 8. i face the below error while resetting it. Any help is appreciated.

C:\Users\AMUTHA>mysqld --console --defaults-file="C:\\ProgramData\\MySQL\\MySQL Server 8.0\\my.ini" --init-file="C:\\mysql-init.txt"
mysqld: File '.\binlog.index' not found (OS errno 13 - Permission denied)
2020-04-27T20:19:06.177561Z 0 [System] [MY-010116] [Server] C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin\mysqld.exe (mysqld 8.0.19) starting as process 14976
2020-04-27T20:19:07.403522Z 0 [Warning] [MY-010091] [Server] Can't create test file C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\data\mysqld_tmp_file_case_insensitive_test.lower-test
2020-04-27T20:19:07.404550Z 0 [Warning] [MY-010091] [Server] Can't create test file C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\data\mysqld_tmp_file_case_insensitive_test.lower-test
2020-04-27T20:19:09.225175Z 0 [ERROR] [MY-010119] [Server] Aborting
2020-04-27T20:19:09.508977Z 0 [System] [MY-010910] [Server] C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin\mysqld.exe: Shutdown complete (mysqld 8.0.19) MySQL Community Server - GPL.


Thank you
Siva