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While attempting to set up my server again I accidentally installed the wrong version of MySQL, in doing so it registered the MySQL server as a Windows Service, but it didn't unregister it in the uninstall. So now since there's already a MySQL service Windows won't let the correct MySQL version install as a service, and that's preventing me from running MySQL...
So my question is: How does one manually uninstall a Windows Service?
First, stop and disable the service. The fact that the service is running (if it's running) means that the DLLs are still there.
Open up REGEDIT, head over to HKLM/system/currentcontrolset/services
And look for your service. Navigate a bit there and look for some files which it may be referring to. Delete the registry key and delete those files, then reboot the machine.
I am not responsible if your computer explodes.
Thank you very much for the help.