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From: | Andrew DeFaria <Andrew AT DeFaria DOT com> |
Subject: | Re: Problem uninstalling/deleting cygwin |
Date: | Tue, 25 Jan 2005 11:47:07 -0800 |
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Neven Luetic wrote: > In the meantime I moved the directory away and I am able to install a > new cygwin and remove it by deleting the directory. However I can not > get rid of the old directory. Everything inside, that's a real file, > can be deleted manually by setting the appropriate privileges - what > remains are just the stale symbolic links and some symbolic links to > Windows files like /etc/hosts to C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\networks. I'm curious. What happens if you open a Windows Explorer and attempt to delete the top level directory for this renegade Cygwin install? -- ...Every morning is the dawn of a new error... -- 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/
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