Thanks Duncan, I thought there must be more to it than that - if I run bash.exe then nothing works. Even basic commands like cygcheck and ls return 'command not found'. Other ways to start also fail, eg startxwin.exe then a window opens and immediately closes.
The setup log seems fine to me (no errors) but I don't really know what to look for. > Hi, > After performing a standard (default) install using setup-x86.exe, > there are no shortcuts in the start menu or desktop. I don't really > mind but don't know how to initiate cygwin without it. > > Its a work pc, which means I have little control over the system, and > it has been meddled with quite a bit. Running XP. It quite common > for this to happen on installing software, and I usually just make a > desktop shortcut. Must be unusual for others because I can't find any > reference to it in the archives. > > Can you please tell me how to run cygwin without the shortcut? > > Thanks > I make shortcuts to /cygwin/bin/bash.exe and /cygwin64/bin/bash.exed (I have both). Perhaps there is a better way to do it, but that works for me, Cheers ... Duncan. -- 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
