pgAdmin 8.1 install

On 1/10/24 10:47 AM, David Barron wrote:

Is there a problem with the installation of 8.1?  I’ve installed it 3
times but when I bring it up it still says I’m at 7.8.  The Help >
About menu shows 7.8 as well.

What OS are you using?

Where did you get pgAdmin from?

How did you install it?

David Barron
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On 1/10/24 10:47 AM, David Barron wrote:

Is there a problem with the installation of 8.1? I’ve installed it 3 times but when I bring it up it still says I’m at 7.8. The Help > About menu shows 7.8 as well.

What OS are you using?

Where did you get pgAdmin from?

How did you install it?

I am running Windows 10.

I downloaded the Dec 14 release from pgadmin.org

I installed by double-clicking on the executable I downloaded and running through the installation wizard without making any changes.

I am hesitant to uninstall and install from scratch because I don’t want to lose my connections, etc.

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On 1/10/24 10:58 AM, David Barron wrote:

On 1/10/24 10:47 AM, David Barron wrote:

Is there a problem with the installation of 8.1?  I’ve installed
it 3 times but when I bring it up it still says I’m at 7.8.  The
Help > About menu shows 7.8 as well.

What OS are you using?

Where did you get pgAdmin from?

How did you install it?

I am running Windows 10.

I downloaded the Dec 14 release from pgadmin.org

I installed by double-clicking on the executable I downloaded and
running through the installation wizard without making any changes.

Well that looks good to me. Unfortunately at the moment I don't have a
Windows instance available

I can test against.

You might get an answer sooner here:

https://www.postgresql.org/list/pgadmin-support/

On 1/10/24 10:58 AM, David Barron wrote:

On 1/10/24 10:47 AM, David Barron wrote:

Is there a problem with the installation of 8.1? I’ve installed it 3 times but when I bring it up it still says I’m at 7.8. The Help > About menu shows 7.8 as well.

What OS are you using?

Where did you get pgAdmin from?

How did you install it?

I am running Windows 10.

I downloaded the Dec 14 release from pgadmin.org

I installed by double-clicking on the executable I downloaded and running through the installation wizard without making any changes.

Well that looks good to me. Unfortunately at the moment I don't have a Windows instance available

I can test against.

You might get an answer sooner here:

https://www.postgresql.org/list/pgadmin-support/

Yes, I had done some searching without finding anything. It’s odd because I have gone from 7.6 to 7.7 and 7.7 to 7.8 following the same steps.

On 1/10/24 11:37 AM, David Barron wrote:

I am running Windows 10.

I downloaded the Dec 14 release from pgadmin.org

I installed by double-clicking on the executable I downloaded and
running through the installation wizard without making any changes.

Well that looks good to me. Unfortunately at the moment I don't have a
Windows instance available

I can test against.

You might get an answer sooner here:

https://www.postgresql.org/list/pgadmin-support/

Yes, I had done some searching without finding anything.  It’s odd
because I have gone from 7.6 to 7.7 and 7.7 to 7.8 following the
same steps.

I will be able to access a Windows machine later today to test the
download. In meantime asking on the

other mailing list might get you an answer sooner.

Is there a problem with the installation of 8.1? I’ve installed it 3

times but when I bring it up it still says I’m at 7.8. The Help > About
menu shows 7.8 as well.

It’s odd because I have gone from 7.6 to 7.7 and 7.7 to 7.8 following the

same steps.

When I look at the directory on my machine that pgAdmin is installed to, I
see the following:

C:\Users\ <my_user>\AppData\Local\Programs\pgAdmin 4>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 42DF-4B8A

Directory of C:\Users\<my_user>\AppData\Local\Programs\pgAdmin 4

11/28/2023 09:44 AM <DIR> .
11/28/2023 09:44 AM <DIR> ..
11/20/2023 12:26 PM 91,965 DEPENDENCIES
11/28/2023 09:43 AM <DIR> docs
11/28/2023 09:44 AM <DIR> installer
11/20/2023 12:26 PM 1,196 LICENSE
11/20/2023 12:26 PM 35,147 pgAdmin4.ico
11/28/2023 09:44 AM <DIR> python
11/28/2023 12:50 PM <DIR> runtime
11/20/2023 12:46 PM 3,417,277 sbom.json
11/28/2023 09:44 AM 4,766,927 unins000.dat
11/28/2023 09:43 AM 3,166,605 unins000.exe
02/01/2023 10:59 AM <DIR> v6
08/16/2023 01:17 PM <DIR> v7
11/28/2023 09:49 AM <DIR> web

Note that v6 and v7 are in subdirectories but v8 is not. If you have an
existing shortcut that you are using, then perhaps it is pointed to the v7
directory and needs to be updated to point to the directory that v8 is
installed in. That would also explain why you had no problems with minor
updates of v7 but are seeing this after moving to v8.

Craig

Is there a problem with the installation of 8.1? I’ve installed it 3 times but when I bring it up it still says I’m at 7.8. The Help > About menu shows 7.8 as well.

It’s odd because I have gone from 7.6 to 7.7 and 7.7 to 7.8 following the same steps.

When I look at the directory on my machine that pgAdmin is installed to, I see the following:

C:\Users\ <my_user>\AppData\Local\Programs\pgAdmin 4>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 42DF-4B8A

Directory of C:\Users\<my_user>\AppData\Local\Programs\pgAdmin 4

11/28/2023 09:44 AM <DIR> .
11/28/2023 09:44 AM <DIR> ..
11/20/2023 12:26 PM 91,965 DEPENDENCIES
11/28/2023 09:43 AM <DIR> docs
11/28/2023 09:44 AM <DIR> installer
11/20/2023 12:26 PM 1,196 LICENSE
11/20/2023 12:26 PM 35,147 pgAdmin4.ico
11/28/2023 09:44 AM <DIR> python
11/28/2023 12:50 PM <DIR> runtime
11/20/2023 12:46 PM 3,417,277 sbom.json
11/28/2023 09:44 AM 4,766,927 unins000.dat
11/28/2023 09:43 AM 3,166,605 unins000.exe
02/01/2023 10:59 AM <DIR> v6
08/16/2023 01:17 PM <DIR> v7
11/28/2023 09:49 AM <DIR> web

Note that v6 and v7 are in subdirectories but v8 is not. If you have an existing shortcut that you are using, then perhaps it is pointed to the v7 directory and needs to be updated to point to the directory that v8 is installed in. That would also explain why you had no problems with minor updates of v7 but are seeing this after moving to v8.

Craig

Good thinking but no. All I have in D:\Users\dbarron-aas\AppData\Local\Programs\pgAdmin 4 is the v7 directory.

On 1/10/24 12:20, David Barron wrote:

Note that v6 and v7 are in subdirectories but v8 is not.  If you have an
existing shortcut that you are using, then perhaps it is pointed to the
v7 directory and needs to be updated to point to the directory that v8
is installed in.  That would also explain why you had no problems with
minor updates of v7 but are seeing this after moving to v8.

Craig

Good thinking but no.  All I have in
D:\Users\dbarron-aas\AppData\Local\Programs\pgAdmin 4 is the v7 directory.

I downloaded and installed pgAdmin 8.1 and it shows up as such when I
run it.

Look in:

D:\Users\dbarron-aas\AppData\Local\Programs\pgAdmin 4\runtime

for

pgAdmin4

Then double click on that. I'm guessing it will be 8.1.

Per Craig's comment I'm betting that the icon/shortcut you are clicking
on currently is pointing back at the 7.x version.

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Adrian Klaver
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On 1/10/24 12:20, David Barron wrote:

Note that v6 and v7 are in subdirectories but v8 is not. If you have
an existing shortcut that you are using, then perhaps it is pointed to
the
v7 directory and needs to be updated to point to the directory that v8
is installed in. That would also explain why you had no problems with
minor updates of v7 but are seeing this after moving to v8.

Craig

Good thinking but no. All I have in
D:\Users\dbarron-aas\AppData\Local\Programs\pgAdmin 4 is the v7 directory.

I downloaded and installed pgAdmin 8.1 and it shows up as such when I run it.

Look in:

D:\Users\dbarron-aas\AppData\Local\Programs\pgAdmin 4\runtime

for

pgAdmin4

Then double click on that. I'm guessing it will be 8.1.

Per Craig's comment I'm betting that the icon/shortcut you are clicking on currently is pointing back at the 7.x version.

The icon I am using to start points to D:\Users\dbarron-aas\AppData\Local\Programs\pgAdmin 4\v7\runtime\pgAdmin4.exe
I did a search and that is the only pgAdmin4.exe installed. When I double-click on it, 7.8 comes up.
I just went through the install again and there is no v8 directory but watching the install run I see that it's copying files to C:\Program Files\pgAdmin 4 instead.
Interesting. And Look! It's 8.1. Who would have thought.

Well, that's straightened out, anyway. Now, can I uninstall v7 without losing all my connection data?