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Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 22:27:03 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: new setup.exe going to background
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On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 10:43:49AM +0200, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
>kproth AT bigfoot DOT com schrieb am 2001-10-17, 22:37:
>
>>I'm not 100% sure if this is a new issue with 
>>setup.exe 2.78.2.13, however it's the first time 
>>I've noticed it.
>>
>>On my Win98-SE box, I run setup.exe, and do the 
>>following:
>>
>>1. click next
>>2. select download from internet, click next
>>3. leave directory set (d:\download), click next
>>4. choose direct connection, click next
>>5. choose a mirror, click next
>>
>>at this point, it puts up the "downloading 
>>setup.exe" message in the foreground. Then the 
>>message disappears, and the new (larger is GREAT 
>>by the way) Cygwin package selector appears, 
>>HOWEVER it appears in the BACKGROUND (behind a 
>>windows explorer window and an internet explorer 
>>window).
>>
>>Is this a known problem?
>
>That was always the case IIRC.  Is it really a problem?  

Yep.  I sure wish somebody would fix it, too.

cgf

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