From: | Serge Fonville <serge(dot)fonville(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | stafford(at)marine(dot)rutgers(dot)edu |
Cc: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: "Existing installation" when there should be none |
Date: | 2009-02-12 07:45:08 |
Message-ID: | 680cbe0e0902112345m72b742abs4406f6da39781ac2@mail.gmail.com |
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Hi,
Have you checked if the directory exists?
Are there any postgres.exe processes running?
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Serge Fonville
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:38 PM, 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.
>
> -=beeky
>
>
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