Reset root password on MySQL on Windows 10 laptop

Stop SQL Server

Create a text file "mysql-init.txt" in C:\temp directory and paste in this content
ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'MyNewPass';

Open a command prompt window and run this command
mysqld --defaults-file="C:\\ProgramData\\MySQL\\MySQL Server 8.0\\my.ini" --init-file="C:\\temp\\mysql-init.txt"

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