Re: "Existing installation" when there should be none

On 2009-02-11, Wm.A.Stafford <stafford@marine.rutgers.edu> wrote:
> I'm trying to install PostgreSQL on a WindowsXP machine that once had a
> PostgreSQL 8.3 installation.  As far as I could tell the original
> installation was removed, there is no PostgreSQL directory and nothing
> that looks like a Postgres file.  However, when I try to do an install I
> get a popup with the message:
> An existing PostgreSQL installation has been found at
> C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.3.  This installation will be
> upgraded.
>
> There is no such directory.  PostgreSQL8.3 does not show up on the
> currently installed programs list.
>
> Do I need to do some sort of PostgreSQL specific uninstall?
>
> Any help or advice would be appreciated.

Have you tried add/remove software?