Unable to reset MySQL root password and no service running in the background

[Anjanesh Lekshminarayanan]

I had MySQL before but I didn't use it as I switched over to VirtualBox Ubuntu.
Today, I uninstalled MySQL 8 on my Windowsand downloaded the MSI online and tried re-installing it. But at the config level it's asking for the current root password which I don't know.

I don't see a MySQL service in services.msc to stop it.
So I thought its not there but it looks like it is ?

PS C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin> .\mysqld.exe --user=root --skip-grant-table
2021-08-26T14:59:42.038272Z 0 [System] [MY-010116] [Server] C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin\mysqld.exe (mysqld 8.0.26) starting as process 16284
2021-08-26T14:59:42.040872Z 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
2021-08-26T14:59:42.040995Z 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
2021-08-26T14:59:42.041188Z 0 [ERROR] [MY-013276] [Server] Failed to set datadir to 'C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\data\' (OS errno: 2 - No such file or directory)
2021-08-26T14:59:42.042021Z 0 [ERROR] [MY-010119] [Server] Aborting
2021-08-26T14:59:42.042164Z 0 [System] [MY-010910] [Server] C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin\mysqld.exe: Shutdown complete (mysqld 8.0.26) MySQL Community Server - GPL.
PS C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\bin>