Re: Strange error in Windows 10 Pro

Dale Seaburg <kg5lt@xxxxxxxxxxx> · Mon, 23 Apr 2018 21:09:31 -0500



    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

    
    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.-