Re: Setup.exe Problems on Vista

[Jim Kleckner <jek-cygwin2 at kleckner dot net>]

Brian Dessent wrote:
> "Michael D. Adams" wrote:
> > he workaround for this problem that I have found is to set the
> > *Windows* path to include C:\cygwin\bin before running setup.exe.  So
> > for example this sequence works:
> >
> > set PATH=C:\cygwin\bin;%PATH%
> > setup.exe
> >
> > Then /bin/sh is actually created, the prompt is the usual Cygwin settings, etc.
> > Of course the proper solution would be to find and fix the root cause.
> >  Is this a known bug?  Is there any other info I can provide to help
> > find the root cause? (I'm suspicious that Vista might not allow the
> > program to set PATH.)
> >     
>
> That would be pretty brain dead if Vista did not allow programs to
> modify the PATH.  That would cause about a million failures in Cygwin
> and various programs.
>   

FYI, adding c:\cygwin\bin at the end of the windows global environment
PATH variable fixed an annoying issue that "cystart --explore ." wouldn't
work for me on Vista (64bit).

It was very minor but I suspect this symptom and workaround suggest 
something deeper.

Jim




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