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From: Andrew DeFaria <Andrew AT DeFaria DOT com>
Subject: Re: Problem uninstalling/deleting cygwin
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 11:47:07 -0800
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Neven Luetic wrote:

> In the meantime I moved the directory away and I am able to install a 
> new cygwin and remove it by deleting the directory. However I can not 
> get rid of the old directory. Everything inside, that's a real file, 
> can be deleted manually by setting the appropriate privileges - what 
> remains are just the stale symbolic links and some symbolic links to 
> Windows files like /etc/hosts to C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\networks.

I'm curious. What happens if you open a Windows Explorer and attempt to 
delete the top level directory for this renegade Cygwin install?

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