Re: PgAdmin no longer works on a "clean install" XP SP2

since this is a discussion list, I thought I'd weigh in with an opinion.

first, the visual C++ redistributable isn't really a PG admin problem, its a Microsoft problem

second, why on earth would Microsoft distribute half an operating system ... or an operating system without all its parts. as a developer, we hit that all the time. They don't put all of the runtime libraries on a machine, and the certainly don't implement all of the .net stuff on all machines despite the fact that these technologies are their flag ship products (they are now optional installs) . try finding openssl and getting that to work as well, not to mention redistributable library conflicts. I know - we've hit them all and the landscape changes every time there is a relevant OS patch or major release of the OS.

so, go figure Microsoft's philosophy and how things are intertwined. you rely on things being there, so I understand your point, but I don't think its up to pgadmin to police Microsoft, thats not their responsibility.

the postgres installer does a nice job of putting the right redistributable libraries in place ... Pg admin works fine under those circumstances.

but as a programmer, its our job to put things in place ... at best, I think the PG Admin team could provide a link on their web site and acknowledge that Microsoft does silly things to make life harder --- and here's how to fix it.

enough of my soapbox, I suppose.. I just don't think we, as developers, are responsible for saving the world from Microsoft's ongoing decisions that make our lives harder. Microsoft should be solving these

Doug Easterbrook
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On May 2, 2011, at 9:03 AM, Francisco Leovey wrote:

> I installed a new XP SP2 workstation and to my surprise PgAdmin III 1.12.2 (latest version) installs but will not run, gives weird error on start.
> (Yes, XP is still used by us. Mainly due to Mobo problems with W7).
> After a lot of testing around I discovered that it needs Microsoft Visual C++ redistributable installed in order to run.
> On an older version of PgAdmin (1.4.3) running on this PC prior to this, it was not required or Microsoft Visual C++ redistributable came included.
> It would be nice if the installer of PgAdmin 1.12.2 warns about this.
> Thanks
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