Re: PostgreSQL won't start

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Lee Hachadoorian
<lee.hachadoorian@gmail.com> wrote:
> Last week I set up Postgres 8.3 on a WindowsXP machine.  Had it up and
>  running and imported data.  Now when I try to start the server (after
>  a machine restart) I get the message:
>
>  ********************************************************************************************
>  pg_ctl: another server might be running; trying to start server anyway
>  PANIC:  could not open control file "global/pg_control": Permission denied
>
>  This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
>  Please contact the application's support team for more information.
>  server starting
>  ********************************************************************************************

If it was running and now isn't, the most common cause is anti-virus
software having an exclusive lock on a file.  Or changing it's
ownership or permissions.