Windows – Running postgres as a service on windows starts and stops immediately

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Since I restarted windows to install updates, Postgres stopped starting as a service. I thought it may be a permissions so I gave everyone the ability to to modify the postgres install folder. I then tried to run the database using the start and it works. But when I try and start the service I get the following message: service on local computer started and stopped.

I then tried to re-install Postgres but it got to the end and it was not able to start.

Any help would be great.

Best Answer

I had the same issue on v9.4

I found that deleting c:\Program Files(x86)\PostgreSQL\9.4\data\postmaster.pid and \postmaster.opts then restarting the service resolves the issue.

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