title: How to solve "MySQL service can not start" error in laragon 5.0.0 when adding a new version of MySQL
body: <p>Hello guys i need your help to add a new version of MySQL in Laragon (version 5.0.0). Currently I'm using MySQL 5.7.33 and I would like to upgrade to 8.0.28 but unfortunately after trying to add it I got the following error (you can see the details below):</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>Failed:mysql-8.0.28-winx64</p>
  <p>MySQL service can't start</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/dLsK9.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer">laragon mysql error</a></p>
  <p>Here's how I did it:</p>
  <ol>
  <li>I downloaded mysql-8.0.28-winx64.rar file and extracted it to C:\laragon\bin\mysql</li>
  <li>And in laragon main window i add it in the following way :
  Menu&gt;MYSQL&gt;mysql-5.7.33-winx64&gt;mysql-8.0.28-winx64</li>
  </ol>
  <p>After pressing &quot;start all&quot; I get this error: &quot;Service MySQL can not start&quot;.</p>
  <p>I tried to tweak a bit in the my.ini file but still no solution.</p>
  <p>Thank you in advance for your help</p>