From: "Dave Korn" <dave.korn@artimi.com>
To: "Thread TITTTL'd!" <cygwin-talk@cygwin.com>
Subject: RE: Lastest setup.exe gives error message mount: Access is Denied
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:43:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <013801c918e4$67f1f4d0$9601a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <48CF143A.9070407@cygwin.com>
Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote on 16 September 2008 03:05:
> Michael Kokich wrote:
>> I've solved the problem now! But I'm not sure why this solves it.
>>
>> So the right clicked and ran setup using 'Run as Administrator' but it
>> was still giving me the mount error when it got to the part to install.
>>
>> I then decided that I would try turning UAC on and then run the
>> setup.exe again. And this time it has installed without complaint.
>>
>> I dont' know why I turned UAC back on, but it has seemed to fixed it.
>
> You're right. That makes no sense. ;-)
Or to put it another way, that's by design. Microsoft design. See also
system32/sysnative nonsense!
cheers,
DaveK
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