Just noticed something about the shortcut and use of c:\cygwin\bin\cygwin.bat.
The contents thereof: -- @echo off C: chdir C:\cygwin\bin bash --login -i -- Now when running this you almost always end up with a cmd.exe also running. I just changed my shortcut to instead be: Target: c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --login -i Start in: c:\cygwin\bin Absolutely no issues running this without calling any batch file, is there any reason this isn't the default? -cl -- 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/