Clicking the icon I created that launches mintty directly does not work. Launching Cygwin.bat from C:\Cygwin64 gives me:
1 [main] bash 9772 fork: child -1 - CreateProcessW failed for 'C:\Cygwin64\bin\bash.exe', errno 13 bash: fork: Permission denied bash-4.4$ logout 0 [main] bash 10684 fork: child -1 - CreateProcessW failed for 'C:\Cygwin64\bin\bash.exe', errno 13 bash: fork: Permission denied bash-4.4$ If I then hit Ctrl+D to log out, that bash session is closed and I am dropped into my shell with the proper prompt: bash-4.4$ complete -F _minimal complete: usage: complete [-abcdefgjksuv] [-pr] [-DE] [-o option] [-A action] [-G globpat] [-W wordlist] [-F function] [-C command] [-X filterpat] [-P prefix] [-S suffix] [name ...] bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec freeamp bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec bibtex bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec lualatex bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec chromium-browser bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec zathura bash-4.4$ complete -F _command time bash-4.4$ complete -F _command do bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt chroot bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt tail bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec lrunzip bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec amaya bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt df bash-4.4$ complete -F _known_hosts traceroute6 bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec lzgrep bash-4.4$ complete -o nospace -F __gdbus gdbus bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec lzless bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt bison bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec kdvi bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec lbzcat bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec lilypond bash-4.4$ complete -F _command then bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec sxemacs bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec epdfview bash-4.4$ complete -F _command aoss bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt fmt bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt du bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec ps2pdf12 bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec lbunzip2 bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec ps2pdf13 bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt rm bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec ps2pdf14 bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec lzfgrep bash-4.4$ complete -F 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bash-4.4$ complete -o filenames -F _vim vim bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt diff bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt sed bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt ld bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec realplay bash-4.4$ complete -F _known_hosts ftp bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec xelatex bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec lzegrep bash-4.4$ complete -F _user_at_host ytalk bash-4.4$ complete -F __app gapplication bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt sha224sum bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt who bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec lokalize bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec kate bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec pdflatex bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt ln bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec ooimpress bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec uncompress bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec lynx bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec ps2pdf bash-4.4$ complete -F _command vsound bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt seq bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec mpg321 bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec mpg123 bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec pbunzip2 bash-4.4$ complete -o nospace -F __gresource gresource bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt ls bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec gharbour bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt unexpand bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec slitex bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec timidity bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec dviselect bash-4.4$ complete -F _command tsocks bash-4.4$ complete -F _service service bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt strip bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec tex bash-4.4$ complete -F _root_command gksudo bash-4.4$ complete -o filenames -F _vim ex bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec hbpp bash-4.4$ complete -F _command nice bash-4.4$ complete -F _command else bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt enscript bash-4.4$ complete -F _known_hosts fping bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec ggv bash-4.4$ complete -F _command nohup bash-4.4$ complete -F _command eval bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt vdir bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt head bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt sha1sum bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec texi2dvi bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec ee bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec xv bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt tee bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec rgvim bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt split bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec playmidi bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec xine bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt m4 bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec aviplay bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt uname bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec xemacs bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt paste bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt cp bash-4.4$ complete -F _root_command really bash-4.4$ complete -F _root_command kdesudo bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt a2ps bash-4.4$ complete -o filenames -F _vim vi bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec xetex bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt dir bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec xanim bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec portecle bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt cut bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec oocalc bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec emacs bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt sha384sum bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec kpdf bash-4.4$ complete -F _command command bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt texindex bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt csplit bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec iceweasel bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec unzip bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt sha256sum bash-4.4$ complete -F _known_hosts rsh bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec dvipdfm bash-4.4$ complete -F _known_hosts dig bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec epiphany bash-4.4$ complete -F _known_hosts fping6 bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt md5sum bash-4.4$ complete -o nospace -F _cd cd bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec galeon bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt grep bash-4.4$ complete -o filenames -F _vim vimdiff bash-4.4$ complete -F _known_hosts rlogin bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec rgview bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec oowriter bash-4.4$ complete -F _command exec bash-4.4$ complete -F _user_at_host finger bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec netscape bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec acroread bash-4.4$ complete -F _command xargs bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt expand bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt bash bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec unxz bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec ly2dvi bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec modplugplay bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec dillo bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec aaxine bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec dvipdfmx bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec advi bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt rmdir bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec lzmore bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec poedit bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec firefox bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt shasum bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec madplay bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt sort bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt ptx bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt colordiff bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt fold bash-4.4$ complete -F _command ltrace bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt od bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt irb bash-4.4$ complete -F _user_at_host talk bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec dvips bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt date bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt cat bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec pdfunite bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt objdump bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec dvitype bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt mv bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt grub bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt gperf bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec gqmpeg bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt shar bash-4.4$ complete -F _known_hosts tracepath6 bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec bunzip2 bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt awk bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec znew bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec dragon bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec mozilla-firefox bash-4.4$ complete -F _longopt tr bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec unpigz bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec luatex bash-4.4$ complete -F _command padsp bash-4.4$ complete -F _known_hosts ssh-installkeys bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec kid3 bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec pdfjadetex bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec dvipdf bash-4.4$ complete -o nospace -F __gsettings gsettings bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec texi2html bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec gunzip bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec google-chrome bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec okular bash-4.4$ complete -F _filedir_xspec xzcat bash-4.4$ logout R0b0t1@DESKTOP-ID ~ $ If I launch mintty from PowerShell, the window appears without incident, however the PATH is not set properly. I found this post (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/git-for-windows/AHeS_8PXz2w) which mentions Cylance. How can I detect if Cylance is getting in the way? How can I run mintty at all if that is the problem? Thanks in advance, R0b0t1 -- 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