Hello people,

I have just installed the free trial version of Holdem Manager and now i have to create a database using postgresql. If i follow the steps described in the postgresql install instructions:

1) Download Setup Package from Postgres Download

2) Unzip the contents of the zip file and then double click on postgresql-8.2.msi to begin the installation.


Then the first screen of the Postgresql set up appears:

3) On this Screen: (it is the first screen and the screen where you have to choose your language) the only thing you have to do is


Click "Start"

This is where it goes wrong. I get this error: Cannot open this package. Check if the package exists and if you have access to the package or contact the supplier to check if this is a valid windows-installer package.

I translated this roughly from the Dutch version.

Can someone help me with this problem. It is very frustrating....

Try to right click > extract > the sql.zip download. If that doesnt work - Download and install WinRAR or any other Archive Extraction utility (WinZIP). Then you can Right Click > Extract > the contents of the SQL.ZIP download. Once extracted you can run the install files.

You are trying to run an installer file, from within a ZIP (Archive) file. You have to extract all the install files, before you can use them. This is a very common way of distributing installation files, so they are transferred all in one package.