You may want to use the command line switch "enable_acledit 1" so that
installer changes the ACLs on the installation path. By default, the
installer will not edit them as not everybody will like the installer to do
that..
On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 9:46 PM, Jeff Janes <jeff.janes@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 4:41 PM, <ssaguiar2@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>>
>> Bug reference: 9142
>> Logged by: Sergio Aguiar
>> Email address: ssaguiar2@hotmail.com
>> PostgreSQL version: 9.3.2
>> Operating system: windows 7 ultimate
>> Description:
>>
>> When I try to install postgres, at the end, I get the error: "Database
>> Cluster Initialisation Failed".
>> There is NO WAY to install this program, in win7.
>> I tried the versions 9.3.2 64 bits and 9.1.11 64 and 32 bits.
>>
>
> Do you have a log file with more information? Did you try changing the
> installation data directory from its default location under Program Files
> to someplace else?
>
> It works for me, on Windows 7 Professional service pack 1. I don't have
> the "Ultimate" at hand to test with.
>
>
>> I just don't understand why EVERY software can be installed in windows,
>> includin wampp, and postgres has such a folder permission problem.
>> This is ridiculous and absurd, specially when you see that several
>> versions
>> have the same behaviour and this is so many times seen in google's search.
>>
>
> I'm pretty sure that some studious googling will reveal that *all*
> software occasionally fails to work seamlessly for someone, somewhere, at
> sometime. This does not help us solve your problem. More information,
> like your log files, probably would.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>
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Sandeep Thakkar