Re: Postgres 9.2.4 for Windows (Vista) Dell Vostro 400, re-installation failure PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP!!

Hi George

Apologies to be rather grumpy, but I have been waiting a long time to get a
glimmer of help!! Feeling a bit more positive now.

Thanks for coming back with more specifics. I haven't done anything since
your last email, as I have tried many times before what you (generally)
suggested, but need more information to find a solution.

However, to answer your questions:

1) I have used Start:Control Panel:Programs &
Features:PostgreSQL:Uninstall/Change option to remove. Is there a special
tool that does a cleaner job?

2) I don't know how to remove Postgres from the registry. I presume the
uninstall method I have listed above does this, but seems to leave the
following lines (presumably to keep my data intact):

PostgreSQL:Installations:postgresql-9.2

PostgreSQL:Services:postgresql-9.2

Please could you tell me how to clean Postgres from the registry, if this is
still necessary?

3) I don't know how to remove the Windows postgres user, which I have
been struggling to do for ages on Vista, but can't find out how to do this.
However, Thomas Kellerer has told me that this is not necessary any more.
Which of you is correct?

4) I do not have anything in C:\ProgramData\ pertaining to Postgres, as
the installer put all my Postgres files in C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.2,
with my data set to C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.2\data. I've put my data
on the D: drive and re-named it to data_old, and deleted the contents of
\data. Is this enough do you think?

5) My machine is x32, so I have been using the 32 bit version.

Please can you answer my points above before I can try a reinstall?

Much thanks

Stephen

----- Original Message -----

From: Stephen Brearley

<SNIP>

>I need someone to please look at my error log which I posted nearly six

>weeks ago, and tell me what is wrong.

Are you trying to tell us how to help you? Or are you looking for help?

Since my e-mail suggesting that you work to get PostgreSQL to install

cleanly, did you:

1. Unistall PostrgreSQL? If so how?

2. Remove all traces of PostgreSQL from the registry?

3. Remove the Windows postgres user?

4. Rename your current data directory to something other than

- C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.2\data

- C:\ProgramData\PostgreSQL\9.2\data

5. Having completed the above, try using the installer from

http://www.enterprisedb.com/postgresql-924-installers-win64?ls=Crossover&typ
e=Crossover

to re-install PostgreSQL?

If you did all of the above, what happened?

<SNIP>

George