Re: Windows install/uninstall as a "service"

Typing80wpm@aol.com schrieb:

> When I did the windows install (NOT as a windows service) but as a
> task to be manually started and stopped, it did not creat a DATA
> directory, nor did it create a postgresql.conf file.
> I even used windows explorer search to confirm that no such file
> exists.  I did the uninstall and then reinstalled several times, to
> see if there was any different choice I could make.  My next step
> would be to configure it as a Windows service.  I am just concerned
> whether the uninstall of such a windows service would be a clean
> uninstall.  I would appreciate any advice on how to get this
> postgresql windows install working on my Dell with XP Professional OS.
>
> I feel that IF I could achieve an install which actually creates a
> DATA folder, and a posgresql.conf file, that I could then attempt to
> add the listening command.
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions.
>

It seems that you have installed only binarys. So you have to initialize
your databasecluster with initdb. Take a look at initdb --help. This
will create both, Datadirectory and postgresql.conf files.

Daniel