Installing MySQL and MySQL Workbench on Windows

1. Go to mysql.com
2. Go to the Downloads link
3. Scroll down to MySQL Community (GPL) Downloads
4. MySQL Installer for Windows
5. Leave the version at 8 and download the first MSI Installer
6. On the page that asks you to login or Sign up, ignore those and click the “No thanks, just start my download”
7. Start the installation
8. On the Choosing a Setup Type screen, select Full. This will install MySQL Workbench too.
9. On the Check Requirements screen, click Execute. This will install required dependencies.
10. Once all dependencies are installed, click Next.
11. One the next screen. click Execute to download everything.
12. Once everything is download, click Execute to install everything.
13. When everything is installed, click Next.
14. On the Product Configuration screen, click Next.
15. On the Type and Networking screen, leave the defaults and click Next.
16. On the Authentication Method screen, leave it on Use Strong Password and click Next.
17. On the Accounts and Roles screen, enter a password for the root user. Do not lose this password. We are just going to use the root user, which is the super user. For a real database you should create a separate user by clicking Add User.
18. On the Windows Service screen leave all settings as is and click Next.
19. On the Server File Permissions screen, click Next.
20. On the Apply Configuration screen, click Execute.
21. When the Apply Configuration screen is complete, click Next.
22. On the Product Configuration screen, click Next.
23. On the MySQL Router Configuration screen, leave everything as is and click Finish.
24. On the Product Configuration screen, click Next.
25. On the Connect To Server screen, enter the username and password you created previously and click Check, then click Next.
26. On the Apply Configuration screen, click Execute then click Finish.
27. Back on the Product Configuration screen, click Next.
28. On the Installation Complete screen, click Finish.
29. MySQL will start in the command line, and MySQL Workbench will start too.

Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable

If you a get a notification about needing to install Visual C++ Redistributable  package, you can find it on this page. Download and install the https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe executable.