| From: | Stefan Sturm <stefan(dot)s(dot)sturm(at)googlemail(dot)com> |
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| To: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Install Postgresql on Win2000 with Admin Rights |
| Date: | 2008-03-25 10:40:01 |
| Message-ID: | F0935F49-4995-4C78-85FE-662B95476A14@gmail.com |
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Hello,
I know that :-)It was just a try...
Greetings,
Stefan Sturm
Am 25.03.2008 um 11:28 schrieb Craig Ringer:
> Stefan Sturm wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> i copied the dll files to the system32 directory.
>
> That's really NOT a good idea.
>
> Win2k and up look in the executable directory for required DLLs. You
> should never need to modify the system directories, and it's a really
> bad idea to do so.
>
> See:
>
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms811694.aspx
>
> I'm not speaking from PostgreSQL specific experience here, so maybe
> there's some odd reason why it might be required for the pgsql server.
> In general, though, it's a terrible idea to go messing with the
> windows
> directory for program installs.
>
> --
> Craig Ringer
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