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Subject:	Re: Can I find where cygwin is installed (for automation purposes)
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On 4/15/2020 1:10 PM, Paul Moore via Cygwin wrote:

[snip]
> Thanks. Can you explain what the \?? prefix on the Installations
> values is about? I'm nervous that there's something going on there
> that means that just ignoring the first 3 characters isn't
> sufficient... ;-)

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/io/file-path-formats

Look for "DOS device paths"
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