From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28438 invoked by alias); 5 Aug 2012 06:08:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 28430 invoked by uid 22791); 5 Aug 2012 06:08:21 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mho-01-ewr.mailhop.org (HELO mho-01-ewr.mailhop.org) (204.13.248.71) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Sun, 05 Aug 2012 06:08:06 +0000 Received: from pool-173-76-45-230.bstnma.fios.verizon.net ([173.76.45.230] helo=cgf.cx) by mho-01-ewr.mailhop.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Sxu0T-000MI8-MC; Sun, 05 Aug 2012 06:08:05 +0000 Received: from localhost (ednor.casa.cgf.cx [192.168.187.5]) by cgf.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64F81429680; Sun, 5 Aug 2012 02:08:03 -0400 (EDT) X-Mail-Handler: Dyn Standard SMTP by Dyn X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@dyndns.com (see http://www.dyndns.com/services/sendlabs/outbound_abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX18kFhyyHLpR3N3tMaFWI477 Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2012 13:01:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: cygwin: starting cygwin gvim from windows program (e.g. outlook) report "cygwin1.dll is missing" Message-ID: <20120805060803.GA29050@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <501DF7D1.7010200@juniper.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <501DF7D1.7010200@juniper.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) 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 X-SW-Source: 2012-08/txt/msg00111.txt.bz2 On Sun, Aug 05, 2012 at 12:34:25AM -0400, ping wrote: >folks/experts: >I just successfully recompiled vim with GUI support under cygwin. >so now gvim is OK if I launch it from cygwin terminal (yes I have X running) >then I'm trying to make it the default text editor for my window7 >application >(like outlook, to open attachment), but then I got a dialog saying: >"the program can't start because cygwin1.dll is missing from your computer. >Try installing the program to fix this problem." >the same thing happened when I try launch gvim from a dos terminal. >is there any known solution for this? >I did some research but can't solve it. The "known solution" would be to add the directory where the cygwin DLL resides (probably c:\cygwin\bin) to your Windows PATH environment variable. An even better solution would be to just install the standard gvim via setup.exe. -- 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