windows platform, zip unzipped and installed
my.ini
[mysql]
-sharp mysql
default-character-set=utf8
[mysqld]
-sharp3306
port = 3306
-sharp mysql
basedir=C:\Program Files\MYSQL\mysql-8.0.11-winx64
-sharp mysql
datadir=C:\Program Files\MYSQL\mysql-8.0.11-winx64\data
skip-grant-tables
-sharp
max_connections=200
-sharp 8latin1
character-set-server=utf8
-sharp
default-storage-engine=INNODB
execute install
execute initialize
C:\Program Files\MYSQL\mysql-8.0.11-winx64\bin>mysqld -initialize
C:\Program Files\MYSQL\mysql-8.0.11-winx64\bin>mysqld --console
2018-05-10T02:20:56.093984Z 0 [System] [MY-010116] [Server] C:\Program Files\MYS
QL\mysql-8.0.11-winx64\bin\mysqld.exe (mysqld 8.0.11) starting as process 2592
2018-05-10T02:20:56.107985Z 1 [ERROR] [MY-011011] [Server] Failed to find valid
data directory.
2018-05-10T02:20:56.107985Z 0 [ERROR] [MY-010020] [Server] Data Dictionary initi
alization failed.
2018-05-10T02:20:56.108985Z 0 [ERROR] [MY-010119] [Server] Aborting
2018-05-10T02:20:56.109985Z 0 [System] [MY-010910] [Server] C:\Program Files\MYS
QL\mysql-8.0.11-winx64\bin\mysqld.exe: Shutdown complete (mysqld 8.0.11) MySQL
Community Server - GPL.
prompt that the valid data directory cannot be found. Is there a problem with the data folder? the data folder has already been created.
initialization failed. There will be two files in the data