How can I start PostgreSQL on Windows?

Question

I have installed Postgresql on my Windows 10 PC. I have used the pgAdmin II tool to create a database called company, and now I want to start the database server running. I

Answer 1

After a lot of search and tests i found the solution : if you are in windows :

1 - first you must found the PG databases directory execute the command as sql command in pgAdmin query tools

$ show data_directory;

result :

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- D:/PG_DATA/data      -
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2 - go to the bin directory of postgres in my case it's located "c:/programms/postgresSql/bin"

and open a command prompt (CMD) and execute this command :

pg_ctl -D "D:\PSG_SQL\data" restart

This should do it.

Answer 2

Remove Postmaster file in "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.6\data"

and restart the PostgreSQL services