> The following bug has been logged online:
>=20
> Bug reference: 1990
> Logged by: Gregory Bronner
> Email address: gbronner@alumni.princeton.edu
> PostgreSQL version: 8.0.4
> Operating system: Win2k professional
> Description: Installer bug fails to make C:\program=20
> files..global
> Details:=20
>=20
> The files belonging to this database system will be owned by=20
> user "postgres".
> This user must also own the server process.
>=20
> The database cluster will be initialized with locale C.
>=20
> fixing permissions on existing directory C:/Program=20
> Files/PostgreSQL/8.0/data ... ok creating directory=20
> C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.0/data/global ... initdb:
> could not create directory "C:/Program Files": File exists
> initdb: removing contents of data directory "C:/Program=20
> Files/PostgreSQL/8.0/data"
>=20
>=20
> Ever seen this?
Do you by any chance have a directory called c:\program?
//Magnus