At time of writing, the current version is 3.23.58

Microsoft Windows

Visit the website at https://www.mysql.com/ and download the binary distribution for Windows.

Be sure to browse through their installation instructions, quick setup instructions are below.

Registering as a Service

Open a command prompt.

Change directory into the bin directory of your mysql directory.

Then enter the following command:

mysqld-nt --install-manual

This will install it as a service. If everything is okay you will get some feedback

L:\mysql\bin>mysqld-nt --install-manual
Service successfully installed.

Configuration

Change directory into the MySQL install directory.

Copy the file my-small.cnf to my.cnf by issuing the following command:

copy my-small.cnf my.cnf

You should see some feedback:

L:\mysql>copy my-small.cnf my.cnf
1 file(s) copied.

Edit the configuration file my.cnf that was just created using your text editor or Notepad.

Go to the section mysqld, then add the following option:

bind-address=localhost

Also check that basedir and datadir point to somewhere in your installation directory.

Save this file, then copy the file my.cnf to C:\my.cnf using the following command: copy my.cnf C:\my.cnf

You should see some feedback:

L:\mysql>copy my.cnf C:\my.cnf
1 file(s) copied.

The MySQL installation is now ready to be started.

Starting and Stopping

To start and stop mysql you may use net start mysql and net stop mysql from any directory:

C:\>net start mysql
The MySql service is starting.
The MySql service was started successfully.

C:\>net stop mysql
The MySql service is stopping.
The MySql service was stopped successfully.