On Windows, locate the folder where the file “mysqld.exe” exist – it is often in the folder “C:\Program Files>MySQL>MySQL Server 5.6>bin“
Open the command prompt in Windows
Click Start and enter ‘cmd’ in the Run window
In the command window, change the working directory to that of where the “mysql.exe” file is located:
In this example the folder path is C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.6\bin
Launch the MySQL Command Line Console and specify “root” as the username to login with
C:\>Program Files>MySQL>MySQL Server 5.6>bin>mysql -u root -p
Enter the password for this user
Once logged in, enter the command “s;” and the output will indicate if it’s Win64:
mysql> s;
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mysql Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.6.10, for Win64 (x86_64)
