Greetings, ben modra! Please don't top-post and teach your mail reader to properly handle "References" or "In-Reply-to" headers.
>>> 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, > 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. You can always re-run the setup and ask it to create shortcuts anew without installing/updating anything, and check the log more closely. Perhaps it is trying to write to AllUsers profile, which is not accessible, unless you have admin rights. Try starting setup with --no-admin switch. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdae...@yandex.ru) 27.04.2014, <04:34> Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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
