From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 89576 invoked by alias); 22 Sep 2015 16:29:42 -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 89492 invoked by uid 89); 22 Sep 2015 16:29:41 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: plane.gmane.org Received: from plane.gmane.org (HELO plane.gmane.org) (80.91.229.3) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Tue, 22 Sep 2015 16:29:40 +0000 Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZeQRk-0004Ck-Dd for cygwin@cygwin.com; Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:29:36 +0200 Received: from S010690fba62c4bda.cg.shawcable.net ([96.51.88.197]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:29:36 +0200 Received: from Brian.Inglis by S010690fba62c4bda.cg.shawcable.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 22 Sep 2015 18:29:36 +0200 To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Brian Inglis Subject: Re: Unable to retain installation configuration on Windows 10 Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 16:29:00 -0000 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2015-09/txt/msg00360.txt.bz2 Xi Shen 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 -- 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