MySQL Installer Servere 8.0.31 (Accounts and Roles) won't accept new root password

[David Mullin]

Windows 10 Setup.
MySQL Server 8.0.31

Cannot connect. Rejects root password after accepting it during installation at Accounts and Roles screen. The "Check" only lights up green for the same password it consistently rejects.

Note: this password used "'" and ";" characters.

If I try and reconfigure and/or reinstall, the same Accounts and Roles screen only accepts the root password it keeps rejecting. So, I cannot change this bugger. Why is the Installer still holding on to the password it refuses logins for? Why doesn't the uninstall wipe out that old password?

What do I need to delete so that a fresh install will accept any new root password?

Thanks