Re: "Existing installation" when there should be none

Hi,
Have you checked if the directory exists?
Are there any postgres.exe processes running?

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Serge Fonville

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:38 PM, Wm.A.Stafford <stafford(at)marine(dot)rutgers(dot)edu
> wrote:

> I'm trying to install PostgreSQL on a WindowsXP machine that once had a
> PostgreSQL 8.3 installation. As far as I could tell the original
> installation was removed, there is no PostgreSQL directory and nothing that
> looks like a Postgres file. However, when I try to do an install I get a
> popup with the message:
> An existing PostgreSQL installation has been found at
> C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3. This installation will be
> upgraded.
>
> There is no such directory. PostgreSQL8.3 does not show up on the
> currently installed programs list.
> Do I need to do some sort of PostgreSQL specific uninstall?
>
> Any help or advice would be appreciated.
>
> -=beeky
>
>
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