From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8847 invoked by alias); 26 Apr 2014 22:04:26 -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 8836 invoked by uid 89); 26 Apr 2014 22:04:25 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-ve0-f179.google.com Received: from mail-ve0-f179.google.com (HELO mail-ve0-f179.google.com) (209.85.128.179) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Sat, 26 Apr 2014 22:04:24 +0000 Received: by mail-ve0-f179.google.com with SMTP id db12so6289205veb.24 for ; Sat, 26 Apr 2014 15:04:22 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.116.101 with SMTP id jv5mr12404483vdb.11.1398549862210; Sat, 26 Apr 2014 15:04:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.146.18 with HTTP; Sat, 26 Apr 2014 15:04:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 22:04:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: re: No shortcuts after default install - how to start cygwin? From: ben modra To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-SW-Source: 2014-04/txt/msg00621.txt.bz2 Thanks Duncan, 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. > 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, Cheers ... Duncan. -- 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