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Subject: | Re: Problem uninstalling/deleting cygwin |
From: | Neven Luetic <Neven DOT Luetic AT hanse DOT net> |
To: | cygwin AT cygwin DOT com |
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Date: | Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:12:50 +0100 |
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Am Dienstag, den 25.01.2005, 11:47 -0800 schrieb Andrew DeFaria: > 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? > It says: "x cannot be deleted. Access denied. Maybe the source file is opened" (maybe this translation from german is bad, but I saw it before, so you'll recognize it). -- 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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