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

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