I encountered this problem as well. This seems to be a permissions issue. I tried changing the permissions and managed to get CouchDB 2 to start when I type the command, but when I close the shell it stops. I can’t get the service running. It also shows “paused” for me.
> On May 8, 2017, at 5:21 AM, John Le Brasseur <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > I know you don't like hearing from me but I received a notification on my > Windows 10 machine to update to Creators.... something. > I followed the links and did that. > Takes hours. > Upon restarting CouchDB 2.0.0.1 does not start up properly. > When checking services, it shows the status as paused. > > If I activate resume or run or stop it and run the service I get a message > 'Windows could not start(or resume) the Apache CouchDB service ...' (No > error number.) > > I uninstalled completely, restarted the Windows machine, reinstalled, but the > same result. > > CouchDB 1.6.1 is fine. > > Attached screen copies. > > CouchDB 2.0.0.1 was running fine until the update. > > > John
