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From: Thorsten Kampe <thorsten AT thorstenkampe DOT de>
Subject: Re: USB flash drive not showing up in Cygwin under Windows 7
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 10:59:57 +0100
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* Jeffrey J. Kosowsky (Sun, 02 Jan 2011 00:32:33 -0500)
> My USB thumb drive does not show up in /cygdrive/ (or seemingly
> anywhere else for that matter). It does of course show up in the
> regular Windows 7 GUI in the "Computer" folder.
> 
> This happens even if I open the cygwin window using "Runas
> Administrator"
> 
> I am running Cygwin 1.7.
> 
> Am I missing something obvious here? Is there something I need to do
> to tell Cygwin to look for a USB flash drive?

Turn off UAC.

Thorsten


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