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Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:52:26 +0200
From: Adoram Rogel <adoram AT opensourceinc DOT com>
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Subject: Windows executable fails to write to the registry when run in a cygwin  shell but OK from a command prompt
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When I run it in a Command prompt  - all is well, consistently.
When I run it in a cygwin shell - it fails, consistently.
The uid reported in cygcheck -s and the shell's user is an 
administrator, so no such problems should occur.

Any ideas? where should I start looking?

Thanks, Adoram



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