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From: "Gerrit P. Haase" <gerrit DOT haase AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:14:41 +0200
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Subject: Re: Problem with deleting the Cygwin folder
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On 27 October 2010 02:15, Gregg Levine wrote:


Hello!
After running the setup program in "uninstall" mode, it seems
everything is left behind.

Hello Gregg,

Most probably a permission problem, take ownership of the cygwin
folder and all subfolders, change permission so that you can delete it
and then drop it, best is to use a deltree replacement inside the
cygwin folder (in a cmd shell):

for /f "delims=" %%d in ('dir /s /b /ad %1 ^| sort /r') do rd "%%d" /s /q

But you can also do this with Explorer, obce the permissions are set correct.


Gerrit

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