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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:16:57 -0500
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Subject: Re: Setup.exe won't run from Bash on Windows 8
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On 2013-06-17 18:13, Chloe wrote:
> But it will run if I double click it from Explorer. I have execute
> permissions. What is wrong?

Due to UAC Installer Detection, setup.exe requires Admin permissions in 
order to run, but bash doesn't know that.  Use cygstart 
/path/to/setup.exe to work around this.


Yaakov


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