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From: dave AT adboyd DOT com (J. David Boyd)
Subject: Re: Cygwin startup problem
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 15:55:51 -0400
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warrenmcneely AT harbornet DOT com writes:

> Hi,
>
> Problem:
> I click on the Cygwin icon and Win 2k Pro brings up the "open with"
> window.  I have just reinstalled Win 2K and have remnants of the
> earlier Win 2k which I could not repair and which I have been trying
> to eliminate step by step.  Anyway I did a reinstall of Cygwin and it
> still will not run.
>

Right click on the icon and check the properties.  Make sure that the shortcut
really points to the c:\cygwin\cygwin.bat file, and optionally, that the start
in directory points to c:\cygwin.

Dave


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