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How does windows encodes non English path?

When providing a Filename of C:\א\Toc1.dump to the pgadmin's backup tool, it reproduces behind the scene an encoded path of C:\\0F04~1\\TOC1.DUMP as in the screen shot: When I trigger the pg_dump.exe ...
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Recover old PostgreSQL database after reinstalling Windows

My Windows hard drive died and I transferred the secondary hard drive (on which my PostgreSQL 9.4 database was installed) to my new PC. Since all programs needed to be reinstalled, I then downloaded ...
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How can it be that most software for Windows treats each single update as if you are installing the software for the first time? [closed]

Notepad++ just nagged me about a new version for the millionth time. Finally giving in, this time I clicked "OK" with a sigh instead of "Cancel". And so it started downloading the latest version, but ...
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pgAdmin III writes files with junk in them, which causes PSQL to fail

I encountered the dilemma of needing to run some psql console commands because a colleague needed to use psql's \i directive in a saved script to execute additional SQL-statements from another file, ...
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How to keep connection alive in pgAdmin

In pgAdmin, if I'm connecting to a host and leave it idle for a few minutes, the connection drops, and I have to reconnect again. On many occasions pgAdmin also hangs when I try to reconnect, so I ...
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