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Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:01:06 -0500
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  On 02/03/2012 12:39 PM, Carbonera, Carlos wrote:
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> Problem 1. I am not able to install Cygwin on Windows 7 x64. I get the following errors at the end of the installation:
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> "Postinstall script errors 
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> Upon finishing the installation, I do not obtain the CYGWIN icon on my desktop as I requested, and the only two applications that appear on my "All Programs/Cygwin" folder are related to the application urxvtc-X.exe.
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> Problem 2: I cannot find the application that starts the X-Server.  I found the CYGWIN.bat file and created a shortcut on my desktop. The CYGWIN bash application seems to be working.
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>   I am using startxwin to start the X-Server; is this the the recommended method?
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Did you use the current startup.exe recommended on cygwin.com?
startxwin works for me, but it's messy with lots of warnings.  The new 
installation should give you an xwin icon on the startup menu. which 
puts a menu icon in the hidden icons, with xserver among the selections.

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Tim Prince


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