Casual Trash sent the following at Tuesday, October 18, 2011 11:42 AM >Thanks to everybody for the replies. > >I have tried to install again the cygrunsrv, setup.exe doesn't return >any error but I can't find the cygrunsrv anywhere. > >And procexp.exe has found any process in the cygwin folder. > >So I can suppose that there is no service running and no process is >blocking the cygwin folder, but why I can't delete it? > >Somebody has an idea?
How are you trying to delete <C:\cygwin>? Windows won't let one remove a folder if it is the current working directory of any process. An easy mistake in Windows Explorer is to have <C:\cygwin> as the working directory when trying to delete it from the left panel directory tree. I'd try using Windows Explorer, going to <C:\>, and deleting from there. Another approach would be re-booting (a) into safe mode or (b)at least keeping things from automatically loading. (I forget exactly how to do the latter so I just hold down shift, alt, and control when booting - one of them works.) If the person is available, you might ask whoever gave you the computer (and presumably installed cygwin) for help or advice. Please excuse me if you've already tried any of the above. The email string suggests that you might have tried some, but it is not clear to me. Good luck, - Barry Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
