title: Upgrading Wamp Server to MySQL 8.0.15
body: <p>So I recently installed the WampServer a few months back, with a pre-installed mySQL 5.7.</p>
  
  <p>But I wanted to take advantage of the NoSQL features that come with mySQL 8.</p>
  
  <p>To update it, I downloaded the latest MySQL version, extracted the folder to the bin directory of wamp64. I then copied the wampserver.conf and my.ini files from the 5.7 folder and pasted it in to the 8 directory.</p>
  
  <p>I ran on the cmd line the following prompt: mysqld.exe --initialize-insecure</p>
  
  <p>I then edited the my.ini file and changed every instance of 5.7 to 8.0.</p>
  
  <p>But now when I run wamp MySQL doesnt start and I get this error:
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/G0JAz.png" rel="noreferrer">error</a></p>
  
  <p>Does anyone know what I did wrong or how I can fix this?</p>