Re: BUG #3980: Can not Install PostgreSQL - error at the end of installation

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Miroslav Nachev <miro(at)space-comm(dot)com> wrote:
>
> I can not start that command because:
>
> C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\bin>initdb -D ../data
> The program "postgres" is needed by initdb but was not found in the
> same directory as "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\bin/initdb".
> Check your installation.
>
> In the same time there are 2 files with that name:
> C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\bin>dir postgres.*
> Volume in drive C is ACER
> Volume Serial Number is 7C12-D67C
>
> Directory of C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\bin
>
> 01.02.2008 г. 04:00 ч. 3 661 824 postgres.exe
> 01.02.2008 г. 04:00 ч. 1 092 970 postgres.lib
> 2 File(s) 4 754 794 bytes
> 0 Dir(s) 110 786 924 544 bytes free

Thats the bug fixed in my recent patch that I mentioned. Use a user
account other than Administrator and it should work.

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