From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: coleman.rik@gmail.com
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Subject: Re: 34.16. The Password File error re windows pgpass.conf location
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PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> On this page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/libpq-pgpass.html
> It incorrectly states:
>     %APPDATA%\postgresql\pgpass.conf
> In reality this files needs to be placed here on a Windows system:
>     %APPDATA%\Roaming\postgresql\pgpass.conf
>                             ^^^^^^^^

Hmm ... that text has been like that since 2005, and you're the first
to report it's wrong.  I suspect it's not wrong for the majority of
users, and instead there's something odd about your configuration.
I don't know enough about Windows to guess at exactly what.

			regards, tom lane