Re: Install Postgresql on Win2000 with Admin Rights - Mailing list pgsql-general

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