I downloaded the one-click installer file and when I go to run it, this is the error message that comes up:

"An error occurred executing the Microsoft VC++ runtime installer"

and then the installation is cancelled.  Is there another way to install the PostgreSQL or is there a way to fix the error?  BTW I am running Windows XP.

I contacted the company that maintains PostgreSQL and gave them the output from the logfile generated by the installer.  This was the solution they gave me:

	Script output:
CScript Error: Can't find script engine "VBScript" for script "C:\Documents and Settings\Keenan\Local
Settings\Temp\postgresql_installer\installruntimes.vbs".
 
Thanks for the logs. The output above tells me that the VBscript
interpreter on your machine is broken somehow. Google has a bunch of
hits for that error message, most of which suggest you can often fix
it by clicking Start -> Run, and then entering and running the
following:
 
regsvr32 %systemroot%\system32\vbscript.dll
 
You should see a messagebox which says something like:
 
DllRegisterServer in vbscript.dll succeeded.
 
If that fails, try updating the script interpretor to the latest
version - eg. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c717d943-7e4b-4622-86eb-95a22b832caa&displaylang=en

 

The first solution presented by running regsvr32 seemed to do the trick.  Just wanted to share this with anyone else who might be having the same issue.

I was getting the error "An error occurred executing the Microsoft VC++ runtime installer"

when I ran the one-click installer for  windows("postgresql-84.11-1-windows.exe"). The installer exits after that. With postgresql-9 installer i get an error "Unable to write inside TEMP environment variable path"

No log files getting created for these failed installation.

I'm using windows Vista business. Neither of the above mentioned solutions work for me.

Is there any other way to install postgresql without errors?

TEMP value is "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp".

Also I have admin privileges on my system.

Is the path correct?

If it is correct, please tell me what else I am missing.

 There is no anti virus on my system.

I surfed through the internet for all possible reasons for this error, but nothing turned out well.

I changed my OS to Windows 7 professor.

It is working fine now.

Thank you!