From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 1252 invoked by alias); 27 Apr 2014 00:50:14 -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 1239 invoked by uid 89); 27 Apr 2014 00:50:13 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,SPF_SOFTFAIL,UNSUBSCRIBE_BODY autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: smtpback.ht-systems.ru Received: from smtpback.ht-systems.ru (HELO smtpback.ht-systems.ru) (78.110.50.181) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 00:50:11 +0000 Received: from [91.76.98.252] (helo=darkdragon.lan) by smtp.ht-systems.ru with esmtpa (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1WeDIB-0008E5-4y; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 04:50:03 +0400 Received: from [192.168.1.10] (HELO daemon2) by daemon2 (Office Mail Server 0.8.12 build 08053101) with SMTP; Sun, 27 Apr 2014 00:38:39 -0000 Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 00:50:00 -0000 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <72444991.20140427043838@yandex.ru> To: ben modra , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: No shortcuts after default install - how to start cygwin? In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-04/txt/msg00623.txt.bz2 Greetings, ben modra! Please don't top-post and teach your mail reader to properly handle "References" or "In-Reply-to" headers. >>> Hi, >>> After performing a standard (default) install using setup-x86.exe, >>> there are no shortcuts in the start menu or desktop. I don't really >>> mind but don't know how to initiate cygwin without it. >>> >>> Its a work pc, which means I have little control over the system, and >>> it has been meddled with quite a bit. Running XP. It quite common >>> for this to happen on installing software, and I usually just make a >>> desktop shortcut. Must be unusual for others because I can't find any >>> reference to it in the archives. >>> >>> Can you please tell me how to run cygwin without the shortcut? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >> I make shortcuts to /cygwin/bin/bash.exe and /cygwin64/bin/bash.exed (I have >> both). Perhaps there is a better way to do it, but that works for me, > I thought there must be more to it than that - if I run bash.exe then > nothing works. Even basic commands like cygcheck and ls return > 'command not found'. > Other ways to start also fail, eg startxwin.exe then a window opens > and immediately closes. > The setup log seems fine to me (no errors) but I don't really know > what to look for. You can always re-run the setup and ask it to create shortcuts anew without installing/updating anything, and check the log more closely. Perhaps it is trying to write to AllUsers profile, which is not accessible, unless you have admin rights. Try starting setup with --no-admin switch. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@yandex.ru) 27.04.2014, <04:34> Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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