From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 39235 invoked by alias); 25 Sep 2018 14:05:17 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 39217 invoked by uid 89); 25 Sep 2018 14:05:15 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=1.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=Hx-languages-length:1013, H*UA:Outlook, H*x:Outlook, H*UA:Microsoft X-HELO: know-smtprelay-omc-8.server.virginmedia.net Received: from know-smtprelay-omc-8.server.virginmedia.net (HELO know-smtprelay-omc-8.server.virginmedia.net) (80.0.253.72) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Tue, 25 Sep 2018 14:05:13 +0000 Received: from DESKTOPK96SLBD ([87.117.87.250]) by cmsmtp with ESMTPA id 4nxdgGm4Rl5t54nxdgKI1c; Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:05:09 +0100 From: "Fergus" To: Cc: "Fergus" Subject: Creation of weird WINDOWS-related (sub)directories Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2018 14:05:00 -0000 Message-ID: <000101d454d8$c49c8c50$4dd5a4f0$@bonhard.uklinux.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2018-09/txt/msg00244.txt.bz2 Just noticed: strange directory %SystemDrive% created at root of Cygwin installation: As in: /consoleX/%SystemDrive% /consoleX/%SystemDrive%/ProgramData /consoleX/%SystemDrive%/ProgramData/Microsoft /consoleX/%SystemDrive%/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows /consoleX/%SystemDrive%/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Caches /consoleX/%SystemDrive%/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Caches/cversions.2.db /consoleX/%SystemDrive%/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Caches/{69CFC75E-EC11- 4152-A489-8B4850814862}.2.ver0x0000000000000001.db /consoleX/%SystemDrive%/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Caches/{6AF0698E-D558- 4F6E-9B3C-3716689AF493}.2.ver0x0000000000000001.db /consoleX/%SystemDrive%/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Caches/{9BF0A9D6-626F- 4F67-8DFA-14BFC3D7213A}.2.ver0x0000000000000001.db /consoleX/%SystemDrive%/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Caches/{DDF571F2-BE98- 426D-8288-1A9A39C3FDA2}.2.ver0x0000000000000001.db Any ideas why? .. how to prevent? Thank you! Fergus -- 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