Re: postgresql-9.6.11-1-windows-x64.exe VC++ runtime installer

Hi,

On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 9:26 PM Brad DeJong <bpd0018(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> I searched the mailing list archive for
> "postgresql-9.6.11-1-windows-x64.exe" and Google with
> "site:postgresql.org postgresql-9.6.11-1-windows-x64.exe". Neither
> turned up anything so I'm reporting it.
>
> First problem - I tried to install PostgreSQL using the EnterpriseDB
> postgresql-9.6.11-1-windows-x64.exe installer on 2 different Windows
> 10 laptops. On both, I get the following error message in a dialog
> box.
>
> Error
> There has been an error.
> An error occured executing the Microsoft VC++ runtime installer.
>
> A suggested workaround (posted on https://oviedo.mx/tag/windows-10/ -
> I did not try it myself) is to run the installer with the
> "--install_runtimes 0" option.
>
> Yes, the work around to fix the issue in 9.6.11-1 was to skip installing
runtime by providing the command line option "--install_runtimes 0". That
said, this has already been addressed and fixed in the installer code. The
next update will include the fix.

> The postgresql-9.6.10-2-windows-x64.exe,
> postgresql-10.6-1-windows-x64.exe and
> postgresql-11.1-1-windows-x64.exe installers work without problems.
>
> Second problem - the word "occured" should have 2 r's - occurred. I
> don't know if the message is coming from the PostgreSQL installer or
> the VC++ runtime installer.
>
>
Thanks, will fix this.

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Sandeep Thakkar