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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:47:41 +0400
From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon AT freemail DOT ru>
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Greetings, Thrall, Bryan!

>> I am a newbie running cygwin on Windows 7. I want to run an installer
>> for graphics software, Dislin, viz.
>> 
>> $./setup.exe
>> bash: ./setup.exe Permission denied

> Windows 7 has something called UAC[1] which forces you to run anything called 'setup.exe' with Administrator privileges. You either need to disable UAC or run the installer from Windows Explorer or
> a command prompt.

> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_Account_Control

Another option is to simple rename "setup.exe" to say, "cygwin.exe".


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Andrey Repin (anrdaemon AT freemail DOT ru) 22.09.2011, <18:47>

Sorry for my terrible english...


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