How to Manually Install or Reinstall PostgreSQL 8.4 (Windows)
How to Manually Install or Reinstall PostgreSQL 8.4 (Windows)
If postgresql is installed, check its version:
- If PostgreSQL is still installed on your computer, go Start -> Programs and look for PostgreSQL (version) where (version) is the major version of PostgreSQL installed on your computer.
- If PostgreSQL is no longer installed on your computer, open My Computer and browse to your Program Files/PostgreSQL directory. There will be a sub-directory listed which is either 8.3 or 8.4 depending on the version installed.
PostgreSQL requires complete administrative privileges to install and run properly.
You can install PostgreSQL on usesr account; however, you must right-click -> Run as Administrator whenever launching a PostgreSQL related function.
Uninstalling old PostgreSQL
Deleting the PostgreSQL Service Account
All Windows Versions
At the Windows command prompt type:
net user postgres /delete
If you wish to preserve your existing database then please skip this step. This step should only be performed if you are going to be installing a new database or want to delete your existing database.
Open "My Computer" and browse to your "C:/Program Files" directory. Locate the directory named - PostgreSQL and right-click -> Delete.
When installing PostgreSQL for PokerTracker 4, always download and install the latest version of PostgreSQL 8.4. (the latest version is 8.4.1)
Open your web browser and go to the PostgreSQL download website at http://www.enterprisedb.com/products-services-training/pgdownload.
Under the Installer Version 8.4.x click the "Windows" button to begin the download.
Install:
Double-click the downloaded postgresql-8.4.1-windows.exe file that was downloaded to your computer to begin the installer then click the Next button to proceed.
The second screen named Installation Options is the step where you can choose the location to install PostgreSQL.
If this is a new PostgreSQL installation, you will be prompted to select the data directory.
The next screen named Password is for you to create a PostgreSQL database password.
Enter the default password 'dbpass' twice.
The next screen named allows you to change Port that PostgreSQL will use. Do not change this value unless if you are an advanced user and know exactly what you are doing.
Leave the default options selected then click Next > to continue.
checking the correctness of the installation
Go to services.msc
Under the Processes tab, at the very bottom, make sure that Show processes from all users is checked.
Make sure that you see several processes named postgres.exe. If you see this then PostgreSQL is installed properly