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:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=TZ16AZTVn3PrIWmHq0y/msUXUQxfJ D56nKzowMOr4TdnaFG0qK8ga8ESSjM8JGbsWUoLGs9NNcdF1KL60eXavwiRzDMoR ZQ+mec4jAb02cZVjeu/myGoWd8QfBhoVeFvoH5e/X/dStSmLOCt+6vfJ4uK82N5b /cGe7z7+nM8Ryo= 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:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; s=default; bh=i6HbFcTmguI+/OUKSYa15w357LA=; b=qKE n8vW3iHhqU4aweiFJRvfq9qgOANU41gAJJ3OXgVBKYSjuQqnB14mGwz74xL5qlL/ h+oaDsp/hyjOX4rBVSBqNTbHe8JPWcG8W5q3xgwkAp+z/g1sUiCy+nQuuk6vkjEp ivRbgqQbIIDsErF2zPIO666bhznKOe14QOv1UfYs= 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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-oa0-f50.google.com MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.182.176.38 with SMTP id cf6mr5049254obc.11.1382105965045; Fri, 18 Oct 2013 07:19:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 15:19:25 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Install puts home in /c/Users From: Lee Savidge To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >I assume you have a variable called HOME in your windows environment. >If so, remove it and try again. > >Also, how do you start Cygwin? Do you use the default "Cygwin{64} >Terminal" shortcut? If so, this shouldn't happen since the Cygwin >terminal (aka mintty) will cd to your home dir as in /etc/passwd >when started with the "-" option, as is the case for the Cygwin{64} >Terminal shortcut. > >If you start Cygwin via some self-created shortcut, or if you use >the old "Cygwin" shortcut which starts a shell in a console window, >the default is to use $HOME from the environment. > > >Corinna Corinna, you star! Tried recreating the shortcut via setup and that did create me a new one which didn't solve the issue. I always had my own in the quicklaunch toolbar. I hate desktop icons and almost every app you install these days foists one on you whether you want it or not. I then removed the HOME variable and started bash again and it has now created my home again :) Yay! Now just waiting for ncftp to be available in the 64bit install (hoping) and I'll be set again. I saw that you had said it was missing in a previous post. Many thanks, Lee -- 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