Hi Dave, >If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say you either installed PostgreSQL >using the zip archive of the binaries
That's exactly what I've done! My product installation installs postgresql and than creates a window service through the pg_ctl command. Without that patch, none of the postgres files did run... >That shouldn't be the problem I dont' think I've understood. What is the difference between the files installed by the installer and the zip archive? Thank you a lot! Massimiliano