Обсуждение: RC2 installer problem on XP
All, I've just installed the new RC of pgAdmin III. I seem to have got into a loop where the installer asks me to reboot my machine. I restart, and then try to start pgAdmin, it does some kind of install operation and then asks me to reboot my machine again ad infinitum. The only way to run pgAdmin is to click no when it asks me if I want to reboot, run pgAdmin again and after some more install type operations it runs ok. Any Ideas? Regards, Ben
> -----Original Message----- > From: pgadmin-support-owner@postgresql.org > [mailto:pgadmin-support-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Ben Trewern > Sent: 24 November 2004 11:56 > To: pgadmin-support@postgresql.org > Subject: [pgadmin-support] RC2 installer problem on XP > > All, > > I've just installed the new RC of pgAdmin III. I seem to > have got into a loop where the installer asks me to reboot my > machine. I restart, and then try to start pgAdmin, it does > some kind of install operation and then asks me to reboot my > machine again ad infinitum. The only way to run pgAdmin is > to click no when it asks me if I want to reboot, run pgAdmin > again and after some more install type operations it runs ok. > > Any Ideas? Good 'ole Windows installer... Did you install as a full administrator on your system? Regards, Dave.
My user account is in the Administrators group on this machine. I'll try installing using the local administrator account and see if that fixes it. Regards, Ben >From: "Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk> >To: "Ben Trewern" <ben_trewern@hotmail.com>, ><pgadmin-support@postgresql.org> >Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] RC2 installer problem on XP >Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 20:51:08 -0000 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: pgadmin-support-owner@postgresql.org > > [mailto:pgadmin-support-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Ben Trewern > > Sent: 24 November 2004 11:56 > > To: pgadmin-support@postgresql.org > > Subject: [pgadmin-support] RC2 installer problem on XP > > > > All, > > > > I've just installed the new RC of pgAdmin III. I seem to > > have got into a loop where the installer asks me to reboot my > > machine. I restart, and then try to start pgAdmin, it does > > some kind of install operation and then asks me to reboot my > > machine again ad infinitum. The only way to run pgAdmin is > > to click no when it asks me if I want to reboot, run pgAdmin > > again and after some more install type operations it runs ok. > > > > Any Ideas? > >Good 'ole Windows installer... Did you install as a full administrator >on your system? > >Regards, Dave. > >---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- >TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
I thought this had been fixed by installing with the local Administrator account but it's come back. Every time i start pgAdmin now it asks me if I want to reboot my machine. Click no and start it again and it runs. Any other ideas? Regards, Ben >From: "Ben Trewern" <ben_trewern@hotmail.com> >To: dpage@vale-housing.co.uk, pgadmin-support@postgresql.org >Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] RC2 installer problem on XP >Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 09:33:16 +0000 > >My user account is in the Administrators group on this machine. I'll try >installing using the local administrator account and see if that fixes it. > >Regards, > >Ben > >>From: "Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk> >>To: "Ben Trewern" <ben_trewern@hotmail.com>, >><pgadmin-support@postgresql.org> >>Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] RC2 installer problem on XP >>Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 20:51:08 -0000 >> >> >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: pgadmin-support-owner@postgresql.org >> > [mailto:pgadmin-support-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Ben Trewern >> > Sent: 24 November 2004 11:56 >> > To: pgadmin-support@postgresql.org >> > Subject: [pgadmin-support] RC2 installer problem on XP >> > >> > All, >> > >> > I've just installed the new RC of pgAdmin III. I seem to >> > have got into a loop where the installer asks me to reboot my >> > machine. I restart, and then try to start pgAdmin, it does >> > some kind of install operation and then asks me to reboot my >> > machine again ad infinitum. The only way to run pgAdmin is >> > to click no when it asks me if I want to reboot, run pgAdmin >> > again and after some more install type operations it runs ok. >> > >> > Any Ideas? >> >>Good 'ole Windows installer... Did you install as a full administrator >>on your system? >> >>Regards, Dave. >> >>---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- >>TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster > > > >---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- >TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? > > http://archives.postgresql.org
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Trewern [mailto:ben_trewern@hotmail.com] > Sent: 26 November 2004 10:56 > To: Dave Page; pgadmin-support@postgresql.org > Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] RC2 installer problem on XP > > I thought this had been fixed by installing with the local > Administrator account but it's come back. Every time i start > pgAdmin now it asks me if I want to reboot my machine. Click > no and start it again and it runs. Any other ideas? Yeah, a couple, but they're not pretty. Simple answer: Copy the pgAdmin3 directory, and then uninstall the MSI. Put the copied pgAdmin directory where the original one was and recreate the shortcuts. This will work because pgAdmin doesn't register and dlls/ocxs etc. You won't be able to uninstall in the future of course. Complex answer: Install the Microsoft Installer SDK from microsoft.com. Use the msispy program to check for pgAdmin MSI installations. Use msizap to kill *all* those entries using the guid(s) found in msispy. Then reinstall pgAdmin. Regards, Dave.
Mmmm nice. I've been reading a book called "The Art of Unix Programming" by Eric S. Raymond. It's has a lot to say about software transparency and discoverability. If anyone gets the chance it's one of the best general programming books I've read. If the bloke who wrote the Microsoft Installer or had anything to do with the Windows Registry had read this beforehand it would have saved us all a lot of headaches. Thanks for the info. Regards, Ben >From: "Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk> >To: "Ben Trewern" ><ben_trewern@hotmail.com>,<pgadmin-support@postgresql.org> >Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] RC2 installer problem on XP >Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 11:03:28 -0000 > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ben Trewern [mailto:ben_trewern@hotmail.com] > > Sent: 26 November 2004 10:56 > > To: Dave Page; pgadmin-support@postgresql.org > > Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] RC2 installer problem on XP > > > > I thought this had been fixed by installing with the local > > Administrator account but it's come back. Every time i start > > pgAdmin now it asks me if I want to reboot my machine. Click > > no and start it again and it runs. Any other ideas? > >Yeah, a couple, but they're not pretty. > >Simple answer: > >Copy the pgAdmin3 directory, and then uninstall the MSI. Put the copied >pgAdmin directory where the original one was and recreate the shortcuts. >This will work because pgAdmin doesn't register and dlls/ocxs etc. You >won't be able to uninstall in the future of course. > >Complex answer: > >Install the Microsoft Installer SDK from microsoft.com. Use the msispy >program to check for pgAdmin MSI installations. Use msizap to kill *all* >those entries using the guid(s) found in msispy. Then reinstall pgAdmin. > > >Regards, Dave. > >---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- >TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org)
Speaking of the MSI installer, it basicly sucks, and I can't understant why all the win32 Postgres software uses it..... IMHO the best open source Installer available is Inno Setup. http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php It can do everything that MSI can do and then some. I think it's a shame that PG Admin use a Microsoft technology for it's setup program. > If the bloke who wrote the Microsoft Installer or had anything to do > with the Windows Registry had read this beforehand it would have saved > us all a lot of headaches. > > Thanks for the info. > > Regards, > > Ben