Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Message-ID: <39205689.4A975C6E@ece.gatech.edu> Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 15:56:57 -0400 From: Charles Wilson X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.7 sun4u) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Emil Hallin CC: cygwin users Subject: Re: No Connections References: <20000515192903.7612.qmail@web108.yahoomail.com> <39205286.8A8588C7@cls.usask.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Emil Hallin wrote: > > Earnie Boyd wrote: > > > Setup uses techniques used by IE5, I suggest that you at least install and get > > working IE5 before attempting the install. Or, download each package manually, > > be cautious of the Netscape filename mangling and do a local install from > > setup.exe. > > Setup works perfectly fine for me using Netscape Communicator v 4.7.3 as my > default web browser. That version of Netscape, and at least one previous version, > preserves file names fine as I use it. You don't *need* to use IE5 to have simple, > safe and reliable use of setup.exe in my experience. > emil Right. You do not need to *USE* IE5 for setup.exe to work. You just need to have IE5 *INSTALLED* so that the dll's (which implement the routines that are accessed by setup.exe and are a part of IE5) are on your machine. --Chuck -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com