Installing `mysql`, then uninstalling and installing `mysql --version 5.7.18` leads to server not being reachable

[janpio]

I installed mysql first, then found out the tool I was using can not connect to MySQL 8. Then I uninstalled it, and installed MySQL 5.7.18 (explicitly). It "worked", but now I can't seem to connect to the server and I am not sure if it is actually running or not.

[janpio]

Had to uninstall via Chocolatey completely, remove the folder manually, then reinstall via usual .msi from MySQL to get it to work :(

[fdcastel]

Same here. I had to follow the steps from @janpio to make it work again.