| From: | Jasen Betts <jasen(at)xnet(dot)co(dot)nz> |
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| To: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: "Existing installation" when there should be none |
| Date: | 2009-02-26 09:19:51 |
| Message-ID: | go5mrn$afa$4@reversiblemaps.ath.cx |
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On 2009-02-11, Wm.A.Stafford <stafford(at)marine(dot)rutgers(dot)edu> wrote:
> I'm trying to install PostgreSQL on a WindowsXP machine that once had a
> PostgreSQL 8.3 installation. As far as I could tell the original
> installation was removed, there is no PostgreSQL directory and nothing
> that looks like a Postgres file. However, when I try to do an install I
> get a popup with the message:
> An existing PostgreSQL installation has been found at
> C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3. This installation will be
> upgraded.
>
> There is no such directory. PostgreSQL8.3 does not show up on the
> currently installed programs list.
>
> Do I need to do some sort of PostgreSQL specific uninstall?
>
> Any help or advice would be appreciated.
Have you tried add/remove software?
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