topic Re: Installation fail on V 3.4.1 on Windows Server 2003 in Alfresco Archive

Installation fail on V 3.4.1 on Windows Server 2003

rhung — Thu, 12 May 2011 14:25:42 GMT

Installation error by kit Alfresco_Enterprise3.4.1-installer-win-32.exe on Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition. During Unpacking C:\Alfresco\postgresql\symbols\postgres.pdb step. Error message as follow :There has been an error.Error running initdb.exe -U postgres -E UTF8 -D C:\Alfresco/POSTGR~1/da

Re: Installation fail on V 3.4.1 on Windows Server 2003

sunnycloud — Tue, 17 May 2011 07:13:34 GMT

Hello,

I have the exact same messageof error, except that I'm running on XP Pro instead of server 2003 and I choose the default configuration for installation, which include sharePoint.

Does anyone else have encountered this problem or has a workaround for it ? This problem seems fairly new as I found very little information googling it.

Finally, there is no logfile at this point of the installation.

Re: Installation fail on V 3.4.1 on Windows Server 2003

sunnycloud — Mon, 23 May 2011 06:31:06 GMT

I finally did a clean install of Windows XP and it did the trick. Alfresco installed itself perfectly this time. It is not the perfect solution, but at least it works.

Re: Installation fail on V 3.4.1 on Windows Server 2003

nirs — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 09:07:51 GMT

Hi,

I have the same problem installing alfresco-enterprise-3.4.3-installer-win-x64.exe on a newly installed Windows 2008 Enterprise R2 x64.

Exact error message is:

There has been an error
Error running initdb.exe -U SYSTEM -E UTF8 -D
C:/Alfresco/alf_data/POSTGR~1 : Program ended with an error exit code
The application will exit now.

Thanks.

Re: Installation fail on V 3.4.1 on Windows Server 2003

nirs — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:18:49 GMT

I was able to solve the problem by giving USERS group write/modify permissions over c:\Alfresco.

Re: Installation fail on V 3.4.1 on Windows Server 2003

heywoodkenobi — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 16:07:23 GMT

I know this is an old post but I had this problem on first install and found this via Google. If you right-click the install and run as Administrator the problem will be resolved.