> > Windows service, it says you can use the -I and -R options.
> >
> > When I do that and I specify a password with '-P'
> (uppercase) then in
> > the registry it's saved as '-p' (lowercase) in the
> service-commandline
> > (ImagePath).

This was fixed in v1.21 of pg_autovacuum.c, That rev is tagged for
beta3, so you should not be seeing this issue unless you actually have
an older version for some reason.

http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/contrib/pg_autovacuum/p
g_autovacuum.c.diff?r1=1.20;r2=1.21;f=h

> > Also it removes the quotes I added and I'm not so sure it
> would work
> > the way it's supposed to, without it.

It's not so much that it strips them (that happens automagically), more
that it doesn't re-add them when it writes the command line in the
registry. The attached patch fixes that by simply quoting all options
that may need it.
> > If you add DependOnService (a REG_MULTI_SZ an
> array-like-thingie) and
> > have the name (in this case: pgsql-8.0-beta2-dev3) of a service it
> > depends on, it will not fail to start (it will not even try, as
> > PostgreSQL is not running), when PostgreSQL already failed.
> >
> > Maybe it's an idea to specify it on the commandline (what
> service to
> > depend on).

A -E <service> option is added in the attached patch.

Dave Page