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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Jibran,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Given this is not a PostGIS question, you should ask this on pg-general list instead.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="https://www.postgresql.org/list/pgsql-general/">https://www.postgresql.org/list/pgsql-general/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>One thought, did you run the installer as an Administrator – Right click </span><span style='font-family:Wingdings;color:#1F497D'>à</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> Run As Administrator?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Regina<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>From:</b> postgis-users [mailto:postgis-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jibran Khan<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 17, 2018 7:09 AM<br><b>To:</b> PostGIS Users Discussion <postgis-users@lists.osgeo.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [postgis-users] Unable to install PostgreSQL 9.5.11 on Windows 10<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB>Apologies if this is an irrelevant question, here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB>I have been trying to install PostgreSQL 9.5.11 on Windows 10 (x64) using Enterprise DB interactive installer. But, no success.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB>I keep getting this error.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><img border=0 width=514 height=209 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D3D641.40D2EE20"></span><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB>I am aware about the BigSQL installers but I prefer the Enterprise DB one :).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB>I came across the similar issue here:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46118851/unable-to-install-postgresql-on-windows-10">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46118851/unable-to-install-postgresql-on-windows-10</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB>A little googling routed me towards some proposed solutions (<a href="http://1stopit.blogspot.dk/2011/01/postgresql-83-and-84-fails-to-install.html">here</a> and <a href="https://serverfault.com/questions/230219/vbscript-wont-run-for-domain-user-on-windows-server-2008-r2">here</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB>I tried them but, no success.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB>Here is the error message, I am getting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB>Can somebody suggest the workaround to fix this issue?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB>**********************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB>Log started 04/17/2018 at 11:28:34<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> Preferred installation mode : qt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> Trying to init installer in mode qt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> Mode qt successfully initialized<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> Executing C:\my_user\AppData\Local\Temp/postgresql_installer_676baef523/temp_check_comspec.bat <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> Script exit code: 0<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> Script output:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> "test ok"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> Script stderr:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> Could not find registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PostgreSQL\Installations\postgresql-x64-9.5 Data Directory. Setting variable iDataDirectory to empty value<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> Could not find registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PostgreSQL\Installations\postgresql-x64-9.5 Base Directory. Setting variable iBaseDirectory to empty value<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> Could not find registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PostgreSQL\Installations\postgresql-x64-9.5 Service ID. Setting variable iServiceName to empty value<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> Could not find registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PostgreSQL\Installations\postgresql-x64-9.5 Service Account. Setting variable iServiceAccount to empty value<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> Could not find registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PostgreSQL\Installations\postgresql-x64-9.5 Super User. Setting variable iSuperuser to empty value<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> Could not find registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PostgreSQL\Installations\postgresql-x64-9.5 Branding. Setting variable iBranding to empty value<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> Could not find registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PostgreSQL\Installations\postgresql-x64-9.5 Version. Setting variable brandingVer to empty value<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> Could not find registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PostgreSQL\Installations\postgresql-x64-9.5 Shortcuts. Setting variable iShortcut to empty value<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> Could not find registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\PostgreSQL\Installations\postgresql-x64-9.5 DisableStackBuilder. Setting variable iDisableStackBuilder to empty value<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> [11:28:39] Existing base directory: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> [11:28:39] Existing data directory: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> [11:28:39] Using branding: PostgreSQL 9.5<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> [11:28:39] Using Super User: postgres and Service Account: NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> [11:28:39] Using Service Name: postgresql-x64-9.5<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> Executing cscript //NoLogo "C:\my_user\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_676baef523\prerun_checks.vbs"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> Script exit code: 1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> Script output:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> CScript Error: Loading script "C:\my_user\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_676baef523\prerun_checks.vbs" failed (Access is denied. ).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> Script stderr:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> Program ended with an error exit code<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB> Error running cscript //NoLogo "C:\my_user\AppData\Local\Temp\postgresql_installer_676baef523\prerun_checks.vbs": Program ended with an error exit code<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-GB>***********************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>