> On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 19:29, Kevin Field<kevinjamesfield@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> > %t LOG: received fast shutdown request
> >> > %t LOG: aborting any active transactions
> >> > %t LOG: autovacuum launcher shutting down
> >> > %t LOG: shutting down
> >> > %t LOG: database system is shut down
> >> >
> >> > That's the entire file. Attempting to start the service, I
> >> > almost
> >> > immediately get an error 1067, the process terminated
> >> > unexpectedly.
> >>
> >> If there is nothing in the logfile (make sure you're looking
> > > at
> >> the
> >> correct one - it may have created a new one), check the
> > > Windows
> >> Eventlog. That's where we'll put data if the issues show up
> >> before we
> >> have started the logger.
> >
> >
> > The event viewer says:
> >
> > The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( PostgreSQL ) cannot
> > be
> > found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry
> > information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote
> > computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve
> > this
> > description; see Help and Support for details. The following
> > information is part of the event: pg_ctl: could not find postgres
> > program executable
> >
> > And yes, I renamed it correctly...
>
> Check permissions on it. If you moved it at some point, it may have
> the wrong permissions. They should be the same as for the other .EXEs
> in that directory.
The two files (new and old exe) have identical permissions.