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From: Fokke Nauta <usenet@solfon.nl>
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Subject: How to re-activate databases
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2019 15:09:27 +0200
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Hi all,

I uninstalled MySQL 8.0.15.0. I left the database in E:\MySQL Database 
and removed the MySQL folder in the Program Data folder. Also removed 
the MySQL folders out of the Programs folder.
I recently installed MySQL 8.0.16.0 as new. The default location of the 
database folder is C:\ProgramData\MySQL\MySQL Server 8.0\Data. How can I 
make the MySQL server see the old databases? I copied the folders of the 
databases out of the old database folder into the current database 
folder, but they don't show up after I restarted MySQL80. Then I changed 
in the my.ini file the line C:/ProgramData/MySQL/MySQL Server 8.0/Data 
into "E:/MySQL Database". I thought this might point the server to the 
old database location. Restarting the MySQL service did not work, as it 
crashed. MySQL did not want to start again. So I uninstalled it 
completely, and re-installed it from fresh.
Hence my question: how can I now achieve that MySQL can see the old 
databases?

Many thanks in advance.

Fokke Nauta