Do not use the MSI installer because it removes the existing MySQL ODBC driver versions from the system.
Extract the .zip file.
Open the Command Prompt as an administrator and navigate to the extracted .zip file location.
Run the following command in the command prompt: Install.bat
After you install the MySQL ODBC driver, check if the installed MySQL ODBC Unicode Driver name appears as one of the available ODBC drivers under the ODBC Data Source Administrator (64-bit) dialog box:
The following image shows the
MySQL ODBC 8.0 Unicode Driver
driver name in the
ODBC Data Source Administrator (64-bit)
dialog box when you try to create a new data source: