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Subject: RE: Windows Vista and CygWin
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 09:33:00 -0700
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From: "Jeremy T. Harrison" <jtharrison AT gentax DOT com>
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>On Dec  6 07:31, Jeremy T. Harrison wrote:
>> Please direct me if the following question has been answered - I
searched the archives and did not find anything.
>> 
>> I recently converted my Windows XP box to Windows Vista.? I am beyond
RC1.
>> 
>> I have tried multiple times to install Cygwin, never with success.
>
>Did you run setup by simply double clicking on it or did you start it
>with right click - "Run as administrator".  You might stumble over UAC.
>
>
>Corinna

Thank you for your suggestion -- I will try it with Run as Administrator
-- that does give me some insight to other problems (folder permissions
were totally hosed) I was having with my 'run' of Cygwin.

As before, I will post my results!

Jeremy

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