On 2009-08-29, Blueb <blueb@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I installed PostgreSQL 8.4 over a PostgreSQL 8.3 installation (using msi) on > a Windows machine. there's a msi installer for 8.4? > My pgAdmin3 program correctly displays only PostgreSQL 8.4 on localhost. > > I went to my harddrive and noticed that I have PostgreSQL 8.3 "DATA" files > installed in: C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3 > > Thinking these were simply empty folders.. I tried to delete them, but I get > an error that I needed permission to do this. > > I looked and there seems to be 13 megs of data files that the install > program did not delete. > > How can I do this from either pgAdmin.exe or manually? you need windows superuser - try doing it as administrator. ensure that the pgsql-8.3 service is not running, or try this: runas postgres cmd /c del /s /y C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
