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From: "Doug Wyatt" <dwyatt AT sunflower DOT com>
To: "Gerrit Haase" <gerrit DOT haase AT t-online DOT de>, cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 12:50:50 -0500
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Subject: Re: How to uninstall cygwin?
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I really hate it when Windows directories stay locked.  The only
solution I know of is either to logout/login or restart to release the
handles.

> Hi all,
> 
> i tried to uninstall cygwin complete, because i got a new pc and want 
> to use this one for development, there i will install complete new.
> But i cannot delete /usr and /home directories.
> I got no access!
> After i uninstalled all apps with the setup-utility i tried to remove 
> the remaining rest manually, but these two dirs stay on hdd.
> 
> What could i do now?
> 
> Any help would be fine.
> 
> Gerrit
> 
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> Gerrit Haase
> 
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