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Re: Setting $HOME for Windows


George wrote:
I remember reading some time ago a vague admonition against manually
setting $HOME as a Windows environment variable.

I set mine to something sensible (usually d:\home or d:\home\userid) before installing Cygwin; I've never had any trouble. Perhaps the issue is with the spaces in the default $USERPROFILE?


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