How to completely uninstall and reinstall MySQL under win10

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Step 1: stop the service

Start cmd- > enter services.msc- > find mySQL- > stop the SQL service

Step 2: delete the file

Find your installation directory and delete all files

Step 3: delete the registry

Start cmd- > enter regedit- > search for mySQL, and right-click to delete all (or find MySQL according to the following path, right-click to delete)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet001/Services/Eventlog/Applications/MySQL HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/ControlSet002/Services/Eventlog/Applications/MySQL HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services/Eventlog/Applications/MySQL

Step 4: configure the my.ini file

The version downloaded by the author is mysql-5.6.17-win32,zip archive, which is stored on disk D.

Create a new my.ini file in the D:\ mysql\ mysql-5.6.17-win32\ directory and write the following code:

[mysql] # set mysql client default character set default-character-set=utf8 [mysqld] # set port 3306 port = 3306 # set mysql installation directory basedir=D:\ mysql\ mysql-5.6.17-win32 # set mysql database data storage directory datadir=D:\ mysql\ mysql-5.6.17-win32\ data # maximum number of allowed connections max_connections=200 # the character set used by the server defaults to 8 bits Encoded latin1 character set character-set-server=utf8 # default storage engine default-storage-engine=INNODB to use when creating new tables

Note that the directory address should be replaced with your own mySQL storage address.

Step 5: install

Open cmd (pay attention to running as administrator)-> enter cdD:\ mysql\ mysql-5.6.17-win32\ bin

If you enter mysqld install, the following error occurs:

Prompt that the service has been installed.

So, next we need to continue typing mysqld-remove

The prompt instruction ran successfully.

Re-enter mysqld install:

Reinstall successfully!

Enter net start mysql:

Prompt started successfully.

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