Uninstalling cygwin

[Thorsten Kampe]

* luke.kendall@cisra.canon.com.au (2004-06-23 01:56 +0200)
> A colleague at work is having some problems that are starting to look
> as though they're due to a permission problem.
> 
> I note that the FAQ at http://cygwin.com/faq.html says that Cygwin has
> no automatic uninstall facility.  Since setup lets you choose to
> uninstall, is that an error in the FAQ, or have I misunderstood setup's
> uninstall option?

No, you misunderstood the FAQ. With setup.exe you can uninstall
individual packages but not Cygwin. To uninstall Cygwin you have to:

rmdir /s /q C:\cygwin
regdit -s rmcygwin.reg

[rmcygwin.reg]
REGEDIT4

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions]


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