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      2.3.2 Configuration: Using MySQL Configurator
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       2.3.2.1 MySQL Server Configuration with MySQL Configurator
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   MySQL Configurator is a standalone application designed to ease the
    complexity of configuring a MySQL server to run MySQL on Microsoft
    Windows. It is bundled with the MySQL server, in both the MSI and
    standalone Zip archive.
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   Methods to Start MySQL Configurator
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   MySQL Configurator can both configure and reconfigure MySQL server; and the
    methods to start MySQL Configurator are:
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      The MySQL server MSI prompts to execute MySQL Configurator immediately
        after it installs the MySQL server.
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      From the Start Menu: the MSI creates a MySQL Configurator start menu
        item.
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      From the command line: the
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       mysql-configurator.exe
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      executable is
        located in the same directory as
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       mysqld.exe
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      and other MySQL binaries installed with the MySQL server.
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      Typically this location is in
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       C:\Program
        Files\MySQL\MySQL Server
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         X.Y
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       \bin
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      if installed via
        the MSI, or a custom directory for the Zip archive.
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