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Hi Valerio,

Have you tried using the "-B" command line option when running
setup-x86_64.exe ?

Thank you.

On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 9:33 PM Valerio Messina via Cygwin <
cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:

> hi,
> I have a company PC where I was admin and installed Cygwin in a non
> supported path:
> D:\Program Files (x86)\cygwin64
> /cygdrive/d/Program Files (x86)/cygwin64
> and worked like a sharm for years, with a quite complex env.
>
> Now admin right was revoked to me, and the update via setup.exe cannot
> proceed.
> I can ask to the company admin to update the distribution every time,
> but this is impractical.
>
> 1) Do you know if re-installing to supported path something like:
> D:\ProgramFiles\cygwin64
> /cygdrive/d/ProgramFiles/cygwin64
> let me update the distro without admin right?
>
> I made a backup of the about 800 installed packages with:
> $ cygcheck -c -d | cut -d' ' -f1 | tail -n+3 > installedPackages2021-12.txt
> I never tryed to restore the backup with:
> $ setup -M -P package1,package2, ...
>
> 2) Someone know if that work well ?
>
> thank you,
> --
> Valerio
>
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