Re: Strange error in Windows 10 Pro - Mailing list pgsql-general

Thanks to Moreno and Igor for the Event Viewer suggestions.  Here are a few lines of log file where they differ between a good install and a bad incomplete install.  The good install was from my Shop PC with Windows 10 Pro.

BTW, I had success with another Dell PC with Win 10 Pro about 4 months ago.  This problem appears to be a one-off.
Good Install:
Called AclCheck(C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.6\data)
Called IsVistaOrNewer()...
    'winmgmts' object initialized...
    Version:10.
    MajorVersion:10
Executing icacls to ensure the SHOP-PC\Dale account can read the path C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.6\data
    Executing batch file 'rad0510A.bat'...
    processed file: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.6\data
Successfully processed 1 files; Failed processing 0 files

Bad Install:
Called AclCheck(D:\PostgreSQL\9.6\data)
Called IsVistaOrNewer()...
    'winmgmts' object initialized...
    Version:10.
    MajorVersion:10
Executing icacls to ensure the WINDOWS-6BEGVO1\don king account can read the path D:\PostgreSQL\9.6\data
    Executing batch file 'rad6DBC7.bat'...

Notice the last four lines of the Good Install vs the last two lines of the Bad Install.  There is no indication of processing, or whether it was successful or not in the bad install.

As you can see, I even took Igor's suggestion to install in a non-system (Program Files) path, to no success.

Again, not sure what to do.  Open for suggestions...  I'm almost ready to call Dell and complain about a "bad" Win 10 Pro install.

Dale

Il 21/04/2018 22:35, Adrian Klaver ha scritto:

On 04/21/2018 01:08 PM, Dale Seaburg wrote:

Thanks Adrian for the suggestion of running the installer with Admin rights.  Unfortunately, I get the same results.  It appears that all of the folders within C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.6 path are created, and populated, BUT, when the items in the *data* folder are to be created, or copied into, it leaves an error message as noted previously. The *data* folder is empty.

It's almost as if the PC is missing a critical .dll needed in the *data* folder filling function (my guess).

Again, I am at a loss as to what to do.

Have you looked at the system logs e.g. Event Viewer?

If you look in %temp%", there should be one or more files named "bitrock_installer" or something similar (search for "bitrock"), that's the setup log with what's went good and what not.
Another hint I had since 9.1 times (it was 2012, I guess) was to avoid installing Postgres under system folders (c:\program files, c:\users, and so on) because in some cases there could be some nasty behaviors... try installing on something like c:\PG96...

HTH
Cheers,
Moreno.-