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Re: Pining Cygwin in Windows 7?


On 2/27/2011 1:38 PM, Brenden Towey wrote:
> I just installed Cygwin on my new system, which runs Windows 7.  There's
> a feature in Win7 similar to QuickLinks that I've been using to "pin" my
> applications to the task bar for a quick start.  I'd like to do the same
> for Cygwin, but since it starts as batch file, all the "pin" function
> does is give me a DOS prompt.

Try installing mintty, then launching
   C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -
(e.g. with the argument '-') as your "pin". (I don't know much about W7,
but at least you'd be starting an executable instead of a batch file).

--
Chuck




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