Re: PostgreSql Startup Error

From: Ian Lea <ian(dot)lea(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Brian Mutinda <mutinda(dot)brian(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: PostgreSql Startup Error
Date: 2011-12-18 17:10:24
Message-ID: CAEY5pxXCQ9GLcQvZqu7rY7dpTXMWqeYk0UDP5345cZxAKyhB+w@mail.gmail.com
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> I am unable to start my PostgreSQL Server.
>
> When I try to start the service I am getting the error below;
>
> System Error 5 has occurred
>
> Access Denied
>
> Where could I be going wrong because it has happened to me more than one
> time and what I do is to reinstall PSQL a fresh.
>
> I need a long lasting solution so that I do not need to reinstall every now
> and then.
>
> I am running on windows 7

Any particular version of postgres? Have you looked at the replies to
similar queries that show up when you google "postgres System Error 5
has occurred"? About 134,000 results and I bet some of them have the
answer. Probably the first.

--
Ian.

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