Re: Can't install Postgres version 18

I would simply recommend not to run Postgres on Windows. You are mixing two distinctly different approaches to IT-systems. In that sense Linux is so much more akin to the world Postgres lives in.

Cheers,
Jan

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> Op 13 jun 2026 om 23:23 heeft Nicolai <nm280192(at)gmail(dot)com> het volgende geschreven:
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> Hi
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> I did not use the edb to remove it, I used the installer file and then select remove. After that I delete the whole folder under c:/program file. Then a restart of the pc.
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> I have tried repair many times
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> Hilsen
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> Nicolai Friis
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>>> Den 12. jun. 2026 kl. 16.27 skrev Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>:
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>>> On 6/12/26 5:07 AM, Nicolai Madsen wrote:
>>> Hi
>>> I had installed Postgres version 18 earlier on my PC, but I want to start over, and remove all of the DB's I have made. I couldn't figure out how to do that, so I googled and was told that I should uninstall postgres, stop the service in the task manager, and then delete the folder under C:/Program Files. AFter that I should restart the PC, and everything should be gone, and ready to be reinstalled. I did that, but each time I am trying to reinstall it, then it doesn't make any folders under Program Files, so the service can't be started. It just give me this warning
>>> image.png
>>> If I try to reinstall it again, it tells me that it is already installed, and asks me if I want to make a change, repair, or uninstallation. I have tried to choose that it should install the docs also, and then it creates the folder under program files, but it only contains the docs nothing else.
>>> I have tried to restart the PC, reinstall it and tried google how to solve this but no solution yet.
>>> I hope you could guide me the right way.
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>> 1) Assuming you are using the EDB installer did you follow the instructions here?:
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>> https://www.enterprisedb.com/docs/supported-open-source/postgresql/uninstalling/
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>> 2) Did you try the repair option on the reinstall?
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>>> --
>>> Hilsen
>>> Nicolai Friis Madsen
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>> --
>> Adrian Klaver
>> adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
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