Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFCDC633753 for ; Sat, 7 Mar 2009 09:36:41 -0400 (AST) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 22223-10 for ; Sat, 7 Mar 2009 09:36:39 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A3BB2632898 for ; Sat, 7 Mar 2009 09:36:38 -0400 (AST) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 07 Mar 2009 13:36:34 -0000 Received: from dslc-082-082-189-077.pools.arcor-ip.net (EHLO [192.168.123.148]) [82.82.189.77] by mail.gmx.net (mp063) with SMTP; 07 Mar 2009 14:36:34 +0100 X-Authenticated: #955937 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX191+nF3KT11mmnKEndpgZMW/Snsw6j5gUEnrM3XHz CMx/B/nCXDyi4Y Message-ID: <49B2785C.5060206@gmx.de> Date: Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:36:28 +0100 From: Jan-Peter Seifert User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: venkat ramana CC: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Application Error on setting archive_mode to on References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-FuHaFi: 0.64 X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200903/102 X-Sequence-Number: 31602 Hello Venkat, > After setting the archive parameter 'archive_mode' to on in > postgres.conf file, i started the posgres service. On starting the > service, getting error with message "The application failed to > initialize properly (0x0000142). Click on OK to terminate the > application". After this error, postgres service is not starting even > after restarting windows. > Any help on this is highly appreciated. does the service start after setting archive_mode to off again? Which version of PostgreSQL? There was problem with fragmented RAM/virtual memory that prevented PostgreSQL from (re-)starting sometimes. So if you don't have an actual PostgreSQL try rebooting the system ... What do the Windows system logs say? Do you have anti-virus software running? Google for the error code ... Good luck, Peter