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| mysql-5.7.30-winx64_portable.zip | 2020-09-03 | 394.3 MB | |
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MySQL Portable
Configured to run MySQL from a USB drive.
Setup Process
The setup process involves extracting the archive to a USB drive and executing a couple of command scripts.
- Extract archive to a USB drive, keeping the directory structure intact
- Run the initialize.cmd script in the \mysql-5.7.30-winx64\scripts directory
- Your temporary password is shown the \mysql-5.7.30-winx64\data\%computername%.err file
- Start the MySQL portable version, \mysql-5.7.30-winx64\scripts\startup.cmd
- Open another command prompt and navigate to \mysql-5.7.30-winx64\bin directory
- Login into MySQL using your temporary password via mysql -u root -p
- Chnage your root password, mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR 'root'@'localhost' = PASSWORD('new_password'); mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
- Logout via mysql> quit