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
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On 4/23/2018 9:54 AM, Moreno Andreo wrote:
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.-
