If Postgresql were running, then he would have not had the problem. Would he?
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From: Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 8/3/16 13:01 (GMT-05:00)
To: Melvin Davidson <melvin6925@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Edson F. Lidorio" <edson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] My Postgresql is inaccessible in Windows 8.1
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> Well this looks like the Postgres log and it is showing that you are
> trying to start Postgres when there is already another instance of
> Postgres running.
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> What does the Task Manager show is running?
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> When I was talking about system logs I meant the OS logs, I was not
> clear on that point.
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> *> 2016-08-02 17:05:59 BRT LOG: database system was not properly shut
>> down; automatic recovery in progress
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> <2016-08-03 08:42:39 BRT FATAL: lock file "postmaster.pid" already exists
>>2016-08-03 08:42:39 BRT TIP: Another postmaster (PID 2968) is running
> under the data directory "C: / Program >Files / PostgreSQL / 9.5 / data"?
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> These errors point to the source of your problem. When the database is
> shutdown imporperly
> (as in pulling the plug or manual power down), you often get left with
> the postmaster.pid file not beeing deleted.
Or Postgres is actually running and doing the below would not be good.
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> So just go ahead and delete /PostgreSQL/9.5/data/postmaster.pid and you
> can then restart the PostgreSQL service.
It is a good idea to verify before deleting.
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