On Tue, 2020-12-15 at 10:00 -0600, Ron wrote:
> > After abrupt shutdown of Windows, we are seeing the pg_ctl.exe file getting deleted automatically.
>
> Only pg_ctl.exe gets deleted? Anyway, there's nothing in Postgres that says "delete pg_ctl.exe on startup".
> This smells strongly of filesystem corruption which requires a Windows guru.
Not that I am one, but this smacks of anti-virus software that mistakenly
thinks "pg_ctl.exe" is malware and removes or "isolates" it.
Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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