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MySQL Server - Visual Studio Redistribution 2013 for VS 12 - fixes problem with running MySQL on Windows Server 2012 R2
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3179560/update-for-visual-c-2013-and-visual-c-redistributable-package

Installing from the command line

  1. Import-Module BitsTransfer

  2. Start-BitsTransfer https://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.7/mysql-5.7.23-winx64.zip
  3. extractZipFile.ps1 c:\temp\mysql-5.7.23-winx64.zip C:\pf
  4. cd \pf\mysql-5.7.23-winx64\bin
  5. .\mysqld --initialize --console
  6. A series of messages will traverse the screen, completing with the following statement “A temporary password is generated for root@localhost: xxxxxxxx”
  7. Make a note of the password, do not lose it. If you do lose the password, delete the whole of the MySQL folder and repeat from step 24.
  8. Start MySQL using the command
    1. start mysqld --console
  9. MySQL is now running as a background process


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