X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4B415C0A.7030306@veritech.com> Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:10:02 -0500 From: "Lee D. Rothstein" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: 1.7.1: Does 'chere' work with Vista 64b? Can't tell by me. References: <4B364CEE.6090806@veritech.com> <4B37E341.2010007@cygwin.com> <4B392862.1000605@veritech.com> <4B392CF7.1030404@cygwin.com> <4B393DE0.9030400@veritech.com> <4B396241.5080406@cygwin.com> <4B3B2A20.3080602@gmail.com> <4B3C7901.5020203@veritech.com> <4B3CB391.8070304@gmail.com> <4B3D0FA5.1030908@veritech.com> <4B407018.2080702@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4B407018.2080702@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; 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 Dave wrote: > Lee D. Rothstein wrote: > >> Dave wrote: >> >> > Check HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Shell\cygwin_bash. It's value should >> > be the context menu item text, "Mintty Bash" >> >> Value was null. >> >> > It should have one subkey, command, whose value is the command to run >> > "c:\_0\bin\mintty ...". >> >> Value was null. >> > > Either registry virtualisation, or redirection is interfering. > > > > > My guess is the latter. This is consistent with Larrys' report of chere > working on 64 bit Windows 7, as Microsoft states HKLM/SOFTWARE/Classes > is shared on W7 and redirected+reflected on vista, server 2003, server > 2008, xp. > > I'm not on windows right now, but does regtool have the ability to > control redirection/reflection or whether it writes to the 32/64 bit > version of the key? That's what chere would need to operate correctly. > Otherwise it needs to resort to outputting a .reg file and installing it. > > I doubt that you're asking me, but if you are: I can barely parse your question, much less answer meaningfully. > Did you include the '-e /bin/xhere /bin/bash "%L"'? That's the bit that > selects the folder. > > No, I hadn't but I have since and lo' and behold, it works. Thanks. Chere still broken, although now I personally don't need it. -- 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