X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <46D7408E.4010207@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:11:26 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Cygwin's setup.exe fails to start - error "C:\...\setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application. References: <46d72878.1dd.73f6.15411@olemiss.edu> In-Reply-To: <46d72878.1dd.73f6.15411@olemiss.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com dwkimery wrote: > I downloaded the Cygwin setup.exe and attempted to run it. > I first received an "Open File - Security Warning" dialog > box with the message "The publisher could not be verified. > Are you sure you want to run this software. ... ". I then > clicked on the "Run" button and received the message > "C:\Documents and Settings\David\Application > Data\Cygwin\setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application." in > a dialog box with an "OK" button only. > > I would appreciate any suggestions you can provide. Thank > you for your help. So you're running Vista then? Try downloading it again. I just did so and it ran fine. Cygwin's 'setup.exe' is a valid Win32 application. If that doesn't work, make sure you're running it with administrator privileges. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/