> You left out a hyphen.

Whoops, thanks.

fc-cache -srv > 1 2> 2

Files 1 (successes?) and 2 (failures to write cache) attached. Not at 
all certain how or whether they illuminate earlier error messages:
     texlive-collection-basic.sh exit code 146
     texlive-collection-fontsextra.sh exit code 146
     texlive-collection-fontsrecommended.sh exit code 146
     texlive-collection-latexextra.sh exit code 146
     texlive-collection-pictures.sh exit code 146
     texlive-collection-science.sh exit code 146

By the way: last 4 lines of 1 are slightly odd:
/cygdrive/c/Windows/Fonts: skipping, no such directory
/cygdrive/c/WINNT/Fonts: skipping, no such directory
/var/cache/fontconfig: cleaning cache directory
fc-cache: failed

As I am running XP, I have C:\WINDOWS\Fonts (not C:\Windows\Fonts)
I do not have C:\WINNT at all. Windows 7?

Sorry about all this. It is becoming a bit drawn out. Thanks for your help.

Fergus