Re: Unregister Windows Service pg_ctl error

Thank you :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Magnus Hagander [mailto:mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net]
> Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 6:16 PM
> To: Gevik
> Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: RE: [GENERAL] Unregister Windows Service pg_ctl error
>
> > > You need administrative privileges to unregister a service.
> > Can't run
> > > it as user postgres.
> >
> > I did the same under "Administrator" but then I get an access
> > violation error like:
> >
> > Unhandled exception at 0x77c478c0 in pg_ctl.exe: 0xC0000005:
> > Access violation reading location 0x00000000.
> >
> > What am I dong wrong?
>
> That's the bug I sent in a patch for just now,that Peter has applied.
>
> The workaround until the next release is out is to specify the data
> directory when you do unregister. E.g.
> pg_ctl -D ../data unregister
>
> You shouldn't need that, but due to the bug you get a crash if you
> don't...
>
> //Magnus