Well, I must be dumb cuz I tried everything and it still fails to
complete the install. Always fails with "sed.exe has stopped working".
I guess I'll just wait a while and see if something shows up in the
future. It just will not install for me.
Thanks,
Mike
On Dec 9 21:22, Mike Knope wrote:
> OK. I've looked thru the archives and I've even tried installing as the
> "true" Administrator and all I get are errors either saying that sed.exe
> stopped working when I try to run setup on Vista, or I get
> install-info.exe stopped working if I try to reinstall after the sed
> fail. I even tried putting the snapshots copy of cygwin1.dll into the
> bin dir and that does nothing. I also sometimes see an error that says
> cygwin1.dll could not be found. I'm confused. In looking at the
> archives it appears as tho folks may have gotten cygwin to run on Vista
> but I sure can't. I have the RTM copy from MS since I was a beta
> tester. Please help.
>Here's the problem: It works for me using the latest Cygwin version
>1.5.22 or a recent snapshot.
>UAC (User Access Control) is really playing hell with us. If you run
>install as admin without explicitely using the "Run as administrator"
>facility, you will run into problems when trying to create certain
>stuff. The first shell invocation should be running under "Run as
>administrator", otherwise scripts go wrong. It's really not a smooth
>experience. Every day I learn something new about Vista, which has to
>result in Cygwin changes in the long run.
>Another problem: Given how long Vista is available, there aren't
>a lot of users so far, which could help.
>Corinna
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>Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin >to
>Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
>Red Hat
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