BUG #13634: postgresql-9.4.4-3-x64 server firing empty messages on console

The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference: 13634
Logged by: Chris
Email address: cgripeos(at)hotmail(dot)com
PostgreSQL version: 9.4.4
Operating system: Windows 7 x64
Description:

Hello,

I am new to postgresql and not a Linux/Unix user.

I apologize if this is not the right place to post this, but it does look
like a bug (but again I am new to postgresql).

I just installed postgresql-9.4.4-3-x64 on a Windows 7 x64 PC.

After the installation, I verified that an automatic startup service was
added to the Windows Services as follows:

Path to executable:
"C:\Users\xxx\PostgreSQL\9.4\bin\pg_ctl.exe" runservice -N
"postgresql-x64-9.4" -D "C:\Users\xxx\PostgreSQL\9.4\data" -w"

Log on as: "Local System account" & "Allow service to interact with
desktop"

The problem I am experiencing is that (after about a minute the portgresql
server service starts) I get a message from "Interactive Services Detection"
saying that "A program running on this computer is trying to display a
message". When I click on "View the Message", I am shown a blank command
console with nothing in it.

I know that the server is running, because I can log in.

Closing the console kills the postgresql server. Ignoring the message, just
makes it come back a minute later.

What could this mean?

Am I doing something wrong or is this a problem with the Windows version of
postgresql 9.4 (or even the installer)?

Any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you in advance,
Chris

On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 1:57 PM, <cgripeos(at)hotmail(dot)com> wrote:

> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 13634
> Logged by: Chris
> Email address: cgripeos(at)hotmail(dot)com
> PostgreSQL version: 9.4.4
> Operating system: Windows 7 x64
> Description:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am new to postgresql and not a Linux/Unix user.
>
> I apologize if this is not the right place to post this, but it does look
> like a bug (but again I am new to postgresql).
>
>
> I just installed postgresql-9.4.4-3-x64 on a Windows 7 x64 PC.
>
> After the installation, I verified that an automatic startup service was
> added to the Windows Services as follows:
>
> Path to executable:
> "C:\Users\xxx\PostgreSQL\9.4\bin\pg_ctl.exe" runservice -N
> "postgresql-x64-9.4" -D "C:\Users\xxx\PostgreSQL\9.4\data" -w"
>
> Log on as: "Local System account" & "Allow service to interact with
> desktop"
>
>
> The problem I am experiencing is that (after about a minute the portgresql
> server service starts) I get a message from "Interactive Services
> Detection"
> saying that "A program running on this computer is trying to display a
> message". When I click on "View the Message", I am shown a blank command
> console with nothing in it.
>
> I know that the server is running, because I can log in.
>
> Closing the console kills the postgresql server. Ignoring the message, just
> makes it come back a minute later.
>
> What could this mean?
>
> Am I doing something wrong or is this a problem with the Windows version of
> postgresql 9.4 (or even the installer)?
>
> Any help with this problem would be greatly appreciated!
>

​I would say this is probably a bug, as described, but why "Allow service
to interact with desktop" in the first place?

David J.​