Grab the zip file from https://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/ and unzip Add the mysql bin folder into your PATH mysqld --initialize-insecure --console see https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/option-files.html if you need override the default config. mysqld --install (Run as Admin) net start MySQL mysql -u root to login without password mysql>set password='rootpassword'; mysql>create user 'dev'@'localhost' identified by 'somepassword'; mysql>grant all privileges on *.* to 'dev'@'localhost'; mysql>FLUSH PRIVILEGES;