Re: Problems with Vista and Windows 7

> -----Original Message-----
> From: el dorado [mailto:do_ra_do(at)mail(dot)ru]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 4:19 AM
> To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Problems with Vista and Windows 7
>
> Hello!
> I use Postgres 8.4.1 as service, with Windows 7. It seems to
> me the same situation will take place with Vista.
>
> I've notice that in some special cases PG uses folder
> %APPDATA% for Windows user 'postgres', instead of the
> PostgreSQL-specific application data folder (f.e.,
> C:\PostgreSQL\8.4\data). It results in some unexpected bugs.
> There were no such effects in Win XP and 2000.
>
> Has anyone fixed something similar to the described
> situation? Is it possible to improve it?
>
> Regards, Marina.
>

Could you please be more specific in describing what problems are you
seeing on Win7?
Did you check, that registry key "Data Directory" is set properly in
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PostgreSQL\Installations\postgresql-8.4"
folder?

Regards,
Igor Neyman