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 -- Cybertec | https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com
