X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=Iv2yuw9Ii7i5tre/7mOBLHj7JwAo0zMjXz0RBdHVrwi 1dSsNozZQ8lGdRtN0as/MKnvyiaAgLlK0F81FpNeN3HerXC2/o1Wt1O2d2eRELmS vtYsyCk4xHwW9pjZKrDOgvtzu/FPUlLpBlvEoVWz6aQDn5yC3+cm1c5XIWCn55qc = DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=PJ4wzOcHAs7+G6SQrIf6tisx7Is=; b=AKuvqors6oTnnPOgl 8UhuM+rFSyyhIq2DYt6OLJGCK28a8fjg3U1Drrub63Bf/cmZaUFAzuw4yJPmoooZ D+C1Cii5zAOVl/1coarh14gMhm6b6Ordw2tpWGP/ee1J3iHLQxsS8FlqAiSEWmOM C1pNW7JUPQuQe9ZHEXxjVswKbI= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_20,KHOP_THREADED autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: bureau83.ns.utoronto.ca Message-ID: <5231DE3D.1030706@cs.utoronto.ca> Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 11:31:09 -0400 From: Ryan Johnson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130801 Thunderbird/17.0.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: cannot run setup64.exe without admin privileges (even if renamed foo.exe) References: <6CF2FC1279D0844C9357664DC5A08BA2148DD6 AT MLBXV06 DOT nih DOT gov> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-IsSubscribed: yes On 12/09/2013 11:26 AM, Frédéric Bron wrote: >> Try *copying* setup64.exe to foo.exe. Or download it again but save it >> with the name foo.exe. >> Windows may be remembering that the file used to be called setup*.exe. >> That memory might not get copied. > Doesn't work: "the requested operation requires elevation". I have vague memories that someone (Corinna?) suggested copying the file to a USB key and back: the FAT filesystem can't track the permissions that cause this behavior. Never tested it myself, though (maybe I should, it would be nice to lose the UAC prompt). Ryan -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple