X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,BOTNET,RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4B9E94C8.6020908@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:12:56 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-to: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: 1.7.1: Incomplete install References: In-reply-to: Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On 3/15/2010 4:03 PM, Roe, Kevin L. wrote: > What I did: I selected the option "reinstall" at the highest level. I > did this because I have the impression that that is the best way to > ensure that the previous installation settings are ignored an everything > in the current install package is installed. "Install" would have been a better choice. > How should I proceed? > > Should I delete the directory c:\cygwin? Should I use the setup file to > uninstall cygwin before installing 1.7.1? Are there registry setting I > can eliminate to make the installer think it is the first copy > installed? Is there an install option that is supposed to do what I > want? To uninstall, see: -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple