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[128.76.153.34]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 2adb3069b0e04-5ad2e1b3d0bsm706975e87.71.2026.06.12.10.00.01 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:00:01 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Nicolai Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: Can't install Postgres version 18 Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:59:50 +0200 Message-Id: References: <2b2614de-25d2-4905-8fbb-f47520e5f3a0@aklaver.com> Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: <2b2614de-25d2-4905-8fbb-f47520e5f3a0@aklaver.com> To: Adrian Klaver X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (23F81) List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk Hi I did not use the edb to remove it, I used the installer file and then selec= t remove. After that I delete the whole folder under c:/program file. Then a= restart of the pc. I have tried repair many times Hilsen Nicolai Friis > Den 12. jun. 2026 kl. 16.27 skrev Adrian Klaver : >=20 > =EF=BB=BFOn 6/12/26 5:07 AM, Nicolai Madsen wrote: >> Hi >> I had installed Postgres version 18 earlier on my PC, but I want to start= over, and remove all of the DB's I have made. I couldn't figure out how to d= o that, so I googled and was told that I should uninstall postgres, stop the= service in the task manager, and then delete the folder under C:/Program Fi= les. AFter that I should restart the PC, and everything should be gone, and r= eady to be reinstalled. I did that, but each time I am trying to reinstall i= t, then it doesn't make any folders under Program Files, so the service can'= t be started. It just give me this warning >> image.png >> If I try to reinstall it again, it tells me that it is already installed,= and asks me if I want to make a change, repair, or uninstallation. I have t= ried to choose that it should install the docs also, and then it creates the= folder under program files, but it only contains the docs nothing else. >> I have tried to restart the PC, reinstall it and tried google how to solv= e this but no solution yet. >> I hope you could guide me the right way. >=20 > 1) Assuming you are using the EDB installer did you follow the instructio= ns here?: >=20 > https://www.enterprisedb.com/docs/supported-open-source/postgresql/uninsta= lling/ >=20 > 2) Did you try the repair option on the reinstall? >=20 >> -- >> Hilsen >> Nicolai Friis Madsen >=20 >=20 > -- > Adrian Klaver > adrian.klaver@aklaver.com