I just upgraded my Windows 10 Home 64-bit installation to the latest Windows Insider preview version: Version: 1607 OS Build: 15007.1000 I'm now getting this warning from Cygwin, but only in a CMD window (not XWin). It doesn't seem to affect anything negatively. cygcheck.out attached (I got the FAST_CWD warning three times during the generation of the file): C:\Users\jjrei>uname -a Cygwin WARNING: Couldn't compute FAST_CWD pointer. This typically occurs if you're using an older Cygwin version on a newer Windows. Please update to the latest available Cygwin version from https://cygwin.com/. If the problem persists, please see https://cygwin.com/problems.html CYGWIN_NT-10.0 JJR 2.6.1(0.305/5/3) 2016-12-14 14:33 x86_64 Cygwin -- Jim Reisert AD1C, , http://www.ad1c.us