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Responses Re: Install 8.3.0-1 on Windows XP  (Vishal Arora <aroravishal22@hotmail.com>)
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Hi,

Hope, this is the right mailing list.

I installed postgres on Windows XP, as previledged user (so I have access). I did not install it as a service. The database won't start after selecting "Start database" from Start Menu.
The output:
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C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\bin>"C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\bin\pg_ctl.exe"  start -D "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\data\"
server starting

C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3\bin>postgres cannot access the server configuration file "C:/Program Files/PostgreSQL/8.3/data/postgresql.conf": No such file or directory

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So I checked, and there is no data directory. How to install version 8.3.0-1 of postgres properly on XP?

Regards,
Bigg

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