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From: mbuch AT IFF572 DOT IFF DOT KFA-JUELICH DOT DE
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 10:19:57 +0100 (CET)
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To: Lily Tsai <oneray AT rupture DOT net>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: help on running c program on cygwin
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On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Lily Tsai wrote:

> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 20:26:23 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Lily Tsai <oneray AT rupture DOT net>
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: help on running c program on cygwin
> 
> 
> I just installed Cygwin on XP and tried running a simple helloworld in c.
> After a good compilation using gcc, I get nothing when trying to run the
> outputfile.
> 
> $gcc helloworld.c -o helloworld.exe
> 
> $helloworld.exe
> 
> 
> nothing.
> 
> When I double-click on the helloworld.exe icon on Windows Explorer, I get
> an error prompt:
> 
> "This application has failed to start because cygwin1.dll was not found.
> Re-installing the application may fix this problem."
> 
> 
> So, I re-installed and nothing changed.
> 
> Can you help?
> 

You must add at least the cygwin/bin directory to your windows 
path. Try to start the program from inside cygwin (the  shell). 

> Thanks in advance,
> Lily
> 
> 
> 
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