POSTGRESQL: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xfc in position 36: invalid start byte

Question

I just downloaded and installed PostgreSQL from here

https://www.enterprisedb.com/downloads/postgres-postgresql-downloads

I wanted to create my first server but I get this error

'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xfc in position 36: invalid start byte

My pg service is running automatically

What am I missing?

Answer 1

Same thing here (postgresql 9.6 on windows) when I tried to using query tool. It's happend after I changed postgres user password using pgadmin 4. I simply restarted the postgresql service, started pgadmin 4 and then it asked for the new password. After typed it, no more error message.