X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,EXECUTABLE_URI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-Yahoo-SMTP: Uu383n6swBCEN1G9up0WSnxbvN8fCPmk Message-ID: <4D3EEC8B.7090109@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:30:19 -0500 From: "Larry Hall \(Cygwin\)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: "This application has failed to start because cyggcc_s-1.dll was not found" error References: In-Reply-To: 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 On 1/25/2011 1:36 AM, P Rivera wrote: > Hello, > > I'm running on Windows 32 XP. Not by choice. :) > > I receive the following error after installing Cygwin 1.7.7, and from > invoking Cygwin from the desktop shortcut: > > Unable To Locate Component > --------------------------- > This application has failed to start because cyggcc_s-1.dll was not > found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem. > > I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, as well as completely > uninstalling using directions from here: > http://cygwin.com/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.uninstall-all > > I used to have a previous version of Cygwin. Sorry, I can't recall > what version number that was. It was about 2-4 years in age, I think. > > Any hints on how I can fix the problem? You need to install libgcc1 (see the search results for this here: ) It's not clear why you didn't get this to start with, though it may be related to your old installation. If installing the above package still doesn't help, please follow the problem reporting guidelines found here: -- Larry _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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