From: hgeleff AT spidernet DOT com DOT cy ("Henrik Geleff") Subject: Re: square one 7 Sep 1997 17:01:49 -0700 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199709052006.XAA29711.cygnus.gnu-win32@mail0.spidernet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Original-To: , X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1008.3 X-MimeOle: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE Engine V4.71.1008.3 Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Hi Ted. I took a pot shot at what you might hacve done and it must be something like removing C:\WINDOWS from your PATH environment variable. I suppose that that instead of adding to your path you have replaced it, i.e. the readme file says >> Add C:\gnuwin32\b18\H-i386-cygwin32\bin;C:\gnuwin32\b18\tcl\bin' to your $PATH << I belive that you, probably as you say because you are starting from scratch and know nothing, have typed: PATH C:\gnuwin32\b18\H-i386-cygwin32\bin;C:\gnuwin32\b18\tcl\bin or SET PATH=C:\gnuwin32\b18\H-i386-cygwin32\bin;C:\gnuwin32\b18\tcl\bin both resetting the path to the new value, to add is typed as PATH C:\gnuwin32\b18\H-i386-cygwin32\bin;C:\gnuwin32\b18\tcl\bin;%PATH% or SET PATH=C:\gnuwin32\b18\H-i386-cygwin32\bin;C:\gnuwin32\b18\tcl\bin;%PATH% In the sincerely hope that this helps you Regards Henrik Geleff -----Original Message----- From: Ted & Terry Erlwein To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Date: 05 September 1997 01:14 Subject: square one >I recently got a book about learning C++ which had your compiler in it. >I was then instructed to download B-18. After doing that and running >cdk.exe, I modified my autoexec.bat file and then attempted to restart >Win95. After a little while, I get a message that it cannot find win.com >and can't continue loading Windows. > >Your readme and FAQ sheets aren't much help for people like me who are >trying to start from scratch and know nothing. > >Is there something fundamentally basic that I am doing wrong? > >Thank you, Ted Erlwein >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >"gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".