title: WAMP will not change MySQL version
body: <p>This happened yesterday out of nowhere - it was working fine then suddenly decided to stop working.</p>
  <p>When I left click the WAMP icon, it's telling me that I'm using version 5.7. But when I open the MySQL log file, it tells me I am using version 8. I've tried changing it to version 8 at then back to version 5.7 but it always says I'm on 5.7, and the log file always says I'm using version 8.</p>
  <p>I've tried restarting all services, as well as refreshing. Nothing has worked.</p>
  <p>The MySQL section of the <strong>wampmanager.conf</strong> reads:</p>
  <pre><code>mysqlVersion = &quot;8.0.21&quot;
  mysqlConfDir = &quot;.&quot;
  mysqlConfFile = &quot;my.ini&quot;
  mysqlExeDir = &quot;bin&quot;
  mysqlExeFile = &quot;mysqld.exe&quot;
  mysqlServiceInstallParams =&quot;--install-manual wampmysqld64&quot;
  mysqlServiceRemoveParams =&quot;--remove wampmysqld64&quot;
  mysqlServiceCmd = &quot;mysqld.exe&quot;
  [mysqloptions]
  mysqlPortUsed =&quot;3306&quot;
  mysqlUseOtherPort =&quot;off&quot;
  mysqlUseConsolePrompt = &quot;off&quot;
  mysqlConsolePrompt= &quot;\U-MySQL\v-['\d']&gt;&quot;
  mysqlPortOptionsMenu= &quot;on&quot;
  </code></pre>
  <p>And the MySQL log says it's running version 8.</p>
  <p>The WAMP tray however shows:</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/c9vEv.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/c9vEv.png" alt="wamp control panel settings" /></a></p>
  <p>I'm able to access my projects that use v8, but not the ones that use v5.7.</p>
  <p>Similarly, my PHP version is not being correctly displayed in the WAMP tray. It reports as being version 5.6.4, and I can change it to version 7.4.9 (i.e. the projects I'm working on understand that the latest version of PHP is being used), but the tray still says it's on 5.6.4.</p>
  <p>Any help appreciated!</p>