pg_ctl.exe

by PostgreSQL
Database

Summary

PostgreSQL Control - starts, stops, and manages PostgreSQL database server instances.

pg_ctl.exe is the 1231st most commonly executed Windows program in EchoTrail's dataset, observed 1,216 times across enterprise environments. It typically runs from D:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau Server\packages\pgsql.20223.22.1108.0821\bin and it is most often launched by java.exe.

1231st
most commonly executed Windows program
1,216
observed executions
low
statistical confidence

Behavior

Top Paths

  • D:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau Server\packages\pgsql.20223.22.1108.0821\bin97.2%
  • C:\Program Files\UEMS_CentralServer\pgsql\bin1.07%
  • C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.5\bin0.41%
  • D:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau Server\packages\pgsql.20223.23.0214.1014\bin0.41%
  • C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\15\bin0.33%
  • C:\...0.25%
  • D:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau Server\packages\pgsql.20231.23.0711.1149\bin0.25%
  • C:\Program Files\ManageEngine\OpManager\pgsql\bin0.08%

Top Hashes (SHA256)

  • 8646b44dd170318aa0fd4a30dd80f33734c83dae81acae2eff8e3472cc3a830397.62%
  • 004fae8c5efc42c5df0a039d00f4cc1058f685bcfea10cc9570e2ed19200b8211.07%
  • 7cdc63a2cadc12e6b54972b52b14bf7c12e2aa79527f354f2d30694b0d0523960.41%
  • 788a39e55d9e6c9b9a7fe1a2e56e9e1b81c7711b7adb75ee431e1015d12b9f990.25%
  • 79be1fe1c3ea9f96b659cd77c261132c680f79ae1a241109000087dd922195c30.25%
  • a21401372d27921cdc4ad3f9b2824d3039747ed4b4e81611116a7e176844b9ec0.25%
  • 43989607d78159c343ff0848e364249491a277d1bb2e114a54633ac8d45ebdc40.08%
  • 63658a12bcc79bd5fa14f17e4760f9915bbfb48213d7f4826e9defc6d270867d0.08%

Process Ancestry

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Rare or environment-specific process names are omitted from ancestry tables. Percentages are of all observed relationships.

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Data from EchoTrail's dataset of ~346M Windows process executions. Last extracted 2026-08-04.