X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <9555dcad0909172002o1eead853h6f28127224a4d05d@mail.gmail.com> References: <9555dcad0909172002o1eead853h6f28127224a4d05d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:08:12 +1200 Message-ID: <9555dcad0909172008m392af703o78fa4f5329c95b39@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Cygwin 1.7: cygstart does not recognise App Paths From: Mark Hadfield To: Cygwin Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 I note with interest that in Cygwin 1.7 cygstart does not recognise entries in the App Paths list, whereas in Cygwin 1.5 it does. For example I have the following entry in my app paths list, pointing to my favourite text editor: $ regtool --verbose list "/HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/App Paths/TextPad.exe" =A0(REG_SZ) =3D "C:\Program Files\TextPad 5\TextPad.exe" Under Cygwin 1.5, "cygstart textpad" starts up an instance of the editor. Under Cygwin 1.7 it does not, instead looking for an executable in the current directory. $ cygstart textpad Unable to start 'C:\Documents and Settings\hadfield\textpad': The specified file was not found. It's not an issue with cygstart being stricter with the name, as "cygstart TextPad" and "cygstart TextPad.exe" also fail. Is this change deliberate? -- Mark Hadfield 51 Volga St Wellington 6023, NZ -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple