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Mikkel Erup wrote:
> I get a message box with the following error trying to run 
> any cygwin program:
> 
> The instruction at "0x6100365f" referenced memory at
> "0x006ada90".
> The memory could not be "written".
> 
> id.exe, bash.exe etc. All of them produce the error.
> Somtimes, like 1 out of 50 or less a program will succeed.
> For example I just ran uname from a windows command window
> and it worked the first time, then failed several times.
> Sometimes the cygwin.bat script will start the bash shell and not
> show the above message box. In that case the first lines read
> "5 [main] bash 3316 dll_crt0_1: internal error: couldn't
> determine location of thread function on stack. Expect signal
> errors.".
> Any commands from the bash shell will still produce the error
> message box described above, though.
> The setup program didn't succeed normally either because ash.exe
> and bash.exe crashed showing the message box described earlier.
> If I boot into safe mode cygwin works but not if I boot into
> safe mode with network.
> I tried killing all processes not vital to running Windows as
> well as stopping all services. 
> Cygwin programs kept producing the error, though.
> Output from cygcheck -s -v -r is attached.


That's because the installation is not complete.  As you describe it,
it's a chicken'n'egg thing.  Perhaps removing '/bin/sh' (if it exists)
and making it a copy of '/bin/bash' will allow 'setup.exe' to finish?

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