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Date:	Wed, 17 Dec 2014 01:17:21 +0300
From:	Andrey Repin <anrdaemon AT yandex DOT ru>
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To:	Kevin Van Horn <kevin DOT vanhorn AT themodellers DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: Strange problem running Cygwin installer
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Greetings, Kevin Van Horn!

> I'm having an odd problem installing Cygwin. After downloading the
> installer and double-clicking on it, and clicking "Run" on the "Open File -
> Security Warning" popup dialog, I get the "busy" wheel for maybe 1 or two
> seconds,  then it disappears and nothing else happens - no installer window,
> nothing. However, Task Manager still shows the installer process, although it is not using any CPU.

> This is on a machine running Windows 7 Professional. It happens with both setup-x86.exe and setup-x86_64.exe.

If you are aiming at default installation, try to right-click it and "run as
administrator".
If you need to install it in restricted environment without access to
superadmin rights, you'd need to use commandline switch (-B it is if I'm not
mistaken).


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WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon AT yandex DOT ru) 17.12.2014, <01:15>

Sorry for my terrible english...


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