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Subject:	Re: setup-x86_64.exe crashes randomly on user interaction, too often
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On 13/07/2021 20:30, Philip Goetz via Cygwin wrote:
> I just re-installed Windows 10 Home on my desktop, and am trying to
> re-install Cygwin.
> I was able to do the initial default install, but now I'm trying to
> use setup-x86_64.exe to add all the non-default packages that I want.
> I can reliably go through the parameter selection and get to the point
> where I can choose which packages to install.
> I change display mode from Pending to Category, and start clicking
> through the category tree selecting packages.
> But every time I click on something in the cygwin setup window, or
> scroll the window, there's maybe 1 chance in 10 that setup-x86_64.exe
> will terminate.

Thanks for reporting this problem, and the reproduction steps.

I've had a few reports of similar behaviour, but I haven't so far been 
able to reproduce the problem or identify what needs to get fixed.

> There's no error message or pop-up; the window vanishes and the
> process no longer shows up in Task Manager.
> So I can only install around 10 packages each time I run setup.
> This has happened about a dozen times now, and I'm giving up on Cygwin for now.
> I can't use setup from the command-line because I don't have a list of
> all the packages available.
> 
> I'd like to try using an older Cygwin installer, but I didn't find
> links to older versions on cygwin.com.

You can find older version of setup at https://cygwin.com/setup/


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