X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,TW_RW,TW_WX,TW_XR X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-IronPortListener: Outbound_SMTP X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av0EAISo806cKEcU/2dsb2JhbABDrDCBBYF5EihRARUnAi8TFwEOAQQbGp87hDGbJYN9hy9jBIg3hDqNf4UBh2A From: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]" To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:06:44 -0500 Subject: Problem with new setup.exe v. 2.763 Message-ID: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A20A43E78C4E@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id pBMN7iXh023224 Windows 7, no administrator rights. version 2.761 seems to work fine. As discussed previous in another thread, Windows 7 won't run without administrator rights. Download and run: /usr/local/bin> curl -R http://cygwin.com/setup.exe-o getcygwin.exe /usr/local/bin> chmod 777 getcygwin.exe ls -og getcygwin.exe /usr/local/bin> ls -og getcygwin.exe -rwxrwxrwx 1 696861 2011-12-22 16:46:20 getcygwin.exe /usr/local/bin> file getcygwin.exe getcygwin.exe: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows, UPX compressed /usr/local/bin> ./getcygwin.exe Starting cygwin install, version 2.763 Starting cygwin install, version 2.763 Starting cygwin install, version 2.763 Starting cygwin install, version 2.763 Starting cygwin install, version 2.763 Starting cygwin install, version 2.763 /usr/local/bin> Watching it in taskmanager shows that it sits there for a while, then briefly goes away before reappearing again. Using cygstart does not work, nor does using start from a cmd prompt. Starting from Windows Explorer eventually gives an error message. getcygwin.exe has stopped working. A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Please closed the program. +----------------------------+ | => Close the program | +----------------------------+ Best wishes, - Barry Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID. -- 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