MySQL Bugs: #90842: workbench install removes previous version

Bug #90842	workbench install removes previous version
Submitted:	11 May 2018 23:40	Modified:	12 May 2018 14:48
Reporter:	Doug Poulin	Email Updates:
Status:	Verified	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Workbench	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	8.0CE	OS:	Windows (Windows any)
Assigned to:		CPU Architecture:	Any

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Description:
We have two servers with different versions of MySQL.  One currently running 5.1 and the other 8.0 
MySQL Workbench 8.0 won't connect to the older database, and Workbench 6.3 won't connect to the newer database.
The problem is installing Workbench 8.0 removes the older version of the application so it is not possible to have two copies of workbench installed on the same machine.  Also you cannot re-install the older version without un-installing the newer version, because it gets a User already exists error.

How to repeat:
As described

Suggested fix:
Allow more than one version to exist on a desktop at a time.

Thank you for the bug report.