Re: pgAdmin III 1.12.0 on Windows Server 2003

On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Patrik Wenger <paddor(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I've been using pgAdmin for a few months. It's cool.
> But I have troubles with the new version 1.12.0 on Windows Server 2003.
>
> Because of stupid IT management in my company, I'm forced to install pgAdmin III on another Windows machine
> and then zip the installed folder (something like C:\Programs\pgAdmin\1.10) and extract the package on that Windows Server machine.
> This used to work with 1.10 (including 1.10.5). But it doesn't work with 1.12.0 anymore. At least on Windows Server 2003.
> It works on Windows XP.

Yes. 'Stupid IT management' is a good description.

> The error occurs immediately after clicking on the pgadmin3.exe and says something like (it's German on that machine):
> The application could not be started because the application configuration is not proper. For troubleshooting, try installing the application again.
>
> The exact version of that Windows Server 2003 machine is (got from Taskmanager->?->Help):
> Version 5.2 (Build 3790.srv03_sp2_qfe.100216-1301 : Service Pack 2)

You'll need to install (or copy to the pgAdmin directory) the VC++
2008 runtimes. You can download the installer from microsoft.com.

> By the way, could you provide zipped packages that don't require installing?

Aside from you there hasn't been any requests for them.

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