On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Mlondolozi Ncapayi <mlon...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi there > > I installed PostgreSql 8.4 and now I want to delete/ uninstall it > completely to start a new fresh installation. > Can you please give me clear instructions on how to do that or maybe a > script that I can run. > I am doing assignment using postgres your help would be highly appreciated. > Please go to the postgresql server installation directory and here you will find one uninstall-postgresql file. -double click on Uninstall-postgresql file to run the un-installer- it will un-install postgresql. II)Also you can un-install it manually.Below are the steps to un-install postgresql 8.4 manually- i) Remove the postgresql server installation directory. (rd /s /q "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.4") Assuming default location. ii) Delete the user 'postgres' (net user postgres /delete) iii) Remove the Registry entries. (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PostgreSQL \Installations\postgresql-8.4) and (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PostgreSQL \Services\postgresql-8.4) iv) Remove the postgresql-8.4 service. (sc delete postgresql-8.4) This will completely remove your PostgreSQL 8.4 installation including user and installation directories. --Raghu Ram > > Mlo > > >
