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From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin X)" <reply-to-list-only-lh-x@cygwin.com>
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Cygwin/X and Vista and UAC
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:08:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B7C3090.5010206@cygwin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000c01caafe0$0f1770d0$2d465270$@com>
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU> - Reformatted.
On 02/17/2010 09:46 AM, Dr. M. C. Nelson wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner at cygwin dot com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner at cygwin dot com] On Behalf Of Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 6:00 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR> - Thanks.
> Subject: Re: Cygwin/X and Vista and UAC
>
> On 02/16/2010 05:54 PM, Dr. M. C. Nelson wrote:
>> Okay, I agree we need better information. So, I think I want to start again
>> with a clean install. I understand that the procedure for removing cygwin is
>> to just delete everything. Does it create any registry entries that should
>> be deleted?
>
> <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.uninstall-all>
>
> There might be a very destructive error in the uninstall instructions:
>
> 3. Delete the Cygwin root folder and all subfolders. ....
>
> The subfolders include /cygdrive/c/, etc.
I suppose it's possible to try to delete everything in Cygwin with Cygwin via
'rm -rf /' but it wouldn't be a success even if your observation wasn't an
issue. But I agree if someone tried to do just that, then this is a potential
danger. So the FAQ could be more clear/instructive on this count. Care to
offer a patch for the documentation?
--
Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-02-17 18:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-02-10 17:01 Dr. M. C. Nelson
2010-02-16 14:24 ` Jon TURNEY
2010-02-16 22:55 ` Dr. M. C. Nelson
2010-02-16 22:59 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
2010-02-17 14:47 ` Dr. M. C. Nelson
2010-02-17 18:08 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin X) [this message]
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