In order to back up a MySQL database server on Windows, create a batch file to call mysqldump and create a Scheduled Task in Windows to call that batch file.

I found a good solution by “Bradford Mitchell” in the comments to the mysqldump documentation.

Since I got some errors like “28 Was Unexpected At This Time“, I did some adjustments to the file (primarily, I added quotes around several paths).

Please download my version if you like

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