On Feb 5, 2008 10:44 AM, Markus Eisenmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The following bug has been logged online: > > Bug reference: 3930 > Logged by: Markus Eisenmann > Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > PostgreSQL version: 8.3.0 > Operating system: Windows XP SP2 - german > Description: initdb failed - "postgres" not found > Details: > > After a successful installation, I want to initialize > a new db-cluster using initdb. > > I've got following message: > The program "postgres" is needed by initdb but was not found in the same > directory as "C:\Programme\PostgreSQL\8.3\bin/initdb". > Check your installation. > > The file postgres.exe (3.661.824 Byte) is allready there and would be > executable ...
Are you logged in as 'the' Adminstrator account? If so, please try running the installation from a user account that has administrative privileges, but isn't 'the Administrator'. Regards, Dave ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org