BUG #18012: Installer fails to run .bat files when they are registered to Notepad++
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Date: 2023-07-02T06:42:36Z
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The following bug has been logged on the website: Bug reference: 18012 Logged by: Matt Feemster Email address: matt.feemster@gmail.com PostgreSQL version: 15.3 Operating system: Windows 10 Pro Description: When running the installer it proceeds until just about the end, then hangs indefinitely trying to initialize the database. I noticed that when this happened, Notepad++ would open two .bat temporary batch files. I realized that the .bat file extension was registered to be opened with Notepad++, which caused the scripts not to be run, but rather just opened as text. Once I de-registered Notepad++ as the default program for .bat files, the installer completed successfully. I think you may need to explicitly use cmd.exe to run the .bat files, rather than just "opening" them.