Correct. pgAdmin runs as a webserver in the background, closing the Browser Tab or Window doesn't kill the webserver itself, just the web session with the server.
On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 11:13 AM Michelle Schwan <[email protected]> wrote: > OK – so no close button on the actual window itself. > > > > *From:* Michel Feinstein <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, June 27, 2019 10:11 AM > *To:* Michelle Schwan <[email protected]> > *Cc:* richard coleman <[email protected]>; George Weaver < > [email protected]>; pgAdmin Support <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [EXTERNAL] - Re: How to close pgAdmin4 > > > > Google "windows system tray". > > > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 11:09 AM Michelle Schwan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I do not see that icon at all in pgAdmin. Where is that ? > > > > > > *From:* richard coleman <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, June 27, 2019 10:07 AM > *To:* Michelle Schwan <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Michel Feinstein <[email protected]>; George Weaver < > [email protected]>; pgAdmin Support <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [EXTERNAL] - Re: How to close pgAdmin4 > > > > Michelle, > > > > Right click the little picture of the elephant, the context menu should > include an entry "Shut down server", select that and you will *correctly* shut > down pgAdmin4. > > > > [image: context_menu_pgAdmin4_taskbar.png] > > > > Some of your confusion probably stems from the fact, that contrary to > appearances, pgAdmin4 is still *not* a *desktop application*. It would > *really* be nice if we could get an actual desktop application, like > pgAdmin3 was, as opposed to the lobotomized web server that pgAdmin4 is. > > > > ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ > > > > rik. > > > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 9:59 AM Michelle Schwan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Could you show a screen shot of that? I cannot find the option to exit. > > > > *From:* Michel Feinstein <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, June 27, 2019 9:54 AM > *To:* George Weaver <[email protected]> > *Cc:* pgAdmin Support <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] - Re: How to close pgAdmin4 > > > > Look for it in the system tray bar, at the lower right corner of the > screen, right click it and see the option to exit. > > > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2019, 10:42 George Weaver <[email protected]> wrote: > > Good morning, > > I would like to know how to "really" close pgAdmin4. > > When I close the pgAdmin4 tab or the browser supporting pgAdmin4 > (Firefox 67.0.4), this does not close pgAdmin4. It still resides in > Task Manager (Windows 10). > > This is very inconvenient. If after closing pgAdmin4 I try and delete a > database via other means (eg psql) I get the following error message: > > DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS development; > > ERROR: database "development" is being accessed by other users > DETAIL: There are 2 other sessions using the database. > > This forces me to start Task Manager, scroll down to pgAdmin4 and select > End Task. > > How do I close pgAdmin4 so it is no longer running on the computer and I > can avoid these nuisance steps. > > Thanks, > > George > >
