C:\cygwin & sub folder will not delete after failed install of cygwi 1.5.10-

[Arturus Magi]

James Bond wrote:

> I even tried renaming it and then trying to install cygwin again in a 
> new c:\cygwin dir.
> But almost at the very end of the install it did the exact same thing as 
> last time, it FORCE REBOOTED the system and didn't finish the install.
> Only this time I could and did delete the c:\cygwin dir ok.
> 
> I am now just left with the old corrupted c:\cygwin dir which I named 
> c:\dead and which I cannot get rid of period.
>

Something is wrong with your system: Cygwin Setup only requires a reboot 
if something it's installing is already running when you install, and 
even then it hooks Windows' RunOnce startup sequence and waits for you 
to reboot manually.



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