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MySQL Installation Layout on Microsoft Windows

For MySQL 5.6 on Windows, the default installation directory is

C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL

Server 5.6. Some Windows users prefer to install in C: \mysql, the directory that formerly was used

as the default. However, the layout of the subdirectories remains the same.

Ali of the files are located within this parent directory, using the structure shown in the following table.

If you install MySQL using the MySQL Installer, this package creates and sets up the data directory

that the installed server will use, and also creates a pristine “template” data directory named data

underthe installation directory. Afteran installation has been performed using this package, the

template data directory can be copied to set up additional MySQL instances. SeeSection 5.6, “Running Multiple MySQL Instances on One Machinę".