Can't tell you why this isn't working for you (I wasn't able to make it work either). But looking at the cygrunsrv sources I noticed something else that doesn't look quite right:
In cygrunsrv.cc:print_service(): if (interact) strcat (tmp, "--nohide "); I assume what is intended is: if (interact && showc) strcat (tmp, "--nohide "); This isn't what's stopping you from doing what you want to do, though, since it's just the display routine. Lev -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/