Running vssadmin in a bash shell?

Can you run the vssadmin tool in a cygwin bash shell? It seems not. I get an error saying something like "unexpected error: the interface is unregistered" (sorry translated from Italian I currently don't have an English version of Windows at hand). Thanks, PB -- Problem reports: http:/

Running vssadmin in a bash shell?

Sorry, I forgot: using Windows 7 64bit but I got similar problems with Windows XP and 2003. I also tried VSHADOW.EXE to create a snapshot and I get: VSHADOW.EXE 3.0 - Volume Shadow Copy sample client. Copyright (C) 2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. (Option: Create shadow copy se