Unable to retain installation configuration on Windows 10

Unable to retain installation configuration on Windows 10

[Xi Shen]

Hi,

On Windows 7, the setup program is able to remember last install
location. But on Windows 10 64 bit, the installation root is always
"c:\cygwin64", and the package location is always
"current_dir\cygwin64".

I think some register key is messed up?


Thanks,
David

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Re: Unable to retain installation configuration on Windows 10

[Brian Inglis]

Xi Shen <davidshen84 <at> gmail.com> writes:
> On Windows 7, the setup program is able to remember last install
> location. But on Windows 10 64 bit, the installation root is always
> "c:\cygwin64", and the package location is always
> "current_dir\cygwin64".
> 
> I think some register key is messed up?

Install directory can be seen using:
$ reg query HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Cygwin\\setup /s
or
$ echo $( < /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Cygwin/setup/rootdir )
and the package directory using:
$ fgrep -A1 last-cache /etc/setup/setup.rc



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Re: Unable to retain installation configuration on Windows 10

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Brian Inglis!

> $ echo $( < /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Cygwin/setup/rootdir )
> and the package directory using:

Err, why not just
cat /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Cygwin/setup/rootdir

?
"Avoiding cats at all costs" ?


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Andrey Repin
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 12:14:39

Sorry for my terrible english...


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Re: Unable to retain installation configuration on Windows 10

[Brian Inglis]

On 2015-09-23 03:15, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, Brian Inglis!
>
>> $ echo $( < /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Cygwin/setup/rootdir )
>> and the package directory using:
>
> Err, why not just
> cat /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Cygwin/setup/rootdir

No \n after value so appears at start of prompt, and could be missed.
Suggestion puts it on a separate line.

> ?
> "Avoiding cats at all costs" ?

I see no (explicit) cats in my suggestion ;^>

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Re: Unable to retain installation configuration on Windows 10

[litter]

On 2015-09-23 14:46, Brian Inglis wrote:
> On 2015-09-23 03:15, Andrey Repin wrote:
>> Greetings, Brian Inglis!
>>
>>> $ echo $( < /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Cygwin/setup/rootdir )
>>> and the package directory using:
>>
>> Err, why not just
>> cat /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Cygwin/setup/rootdir
> 
> No \n after value so appears at start of prompt, and could be missed.
> Suggestion puts it on a separate line.

Neat


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