Hello, after some fiddling i had success in making PostgreSQL 9.1 somewhat more portable. Some of our customers need to copy and run our application from an USB device. If the VC 2008 Redistributable packet is not installed PostgreSQL denies to start. Solution: copy msvcr90.dll + the manifest file below to .\bin directory. LibreOffice portable solved the problem in the same manner. I suggest to add the files to the standard Win32 distribution. Installing the Redistributable packet, which is done by the standard installation, would be unnecessary then. Microsoft.VC90.CRT.manifest <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0"> <noInheritable/> <assemblyIdentity type="win32" name="Microsoft.VC90.CRT" version="9.0.21022.8" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b" /> <file name="msvcr90.dll" /> <file name="msvcp90.dll" /> <file name="msvcm90.dll" /> </assembly> -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/Making-PostgreSQL-portable-on-WinXP-tp5664455p5664455.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - admin mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin