1.5.18-1: cannot start executables (except cygcheck.exe) on windows server 2003 web edition

[Eduard Witteveen]

When i double click on the Cygwin shortcut on the desktop a new window
pops up and after 2 seconds it hides again. Since i want to use cygwin,
i run start > "cmd" and i tried to lauch bash from the console:
> C:\cygwin\bin>bash.exe --version
> 
> C:\cygwin\bin>bash.exe
> 
> C:\cygwin\bin>

I also tried a few (maybe another also works) other executables with the
same result. Since i was working on a windows machine, i assumed that i
had to reboot the machine, but this didnt influence the results in any way

I also tried to see if the application needed the path in anyway or the
executable to be started with the current directory specification
> C:\cygwin\bin>bash.exe
> 
> C:\cygwin\bin>set PATH=c:\cygwin\bin\
> 
> C:\cygwin\bin>bash
> 
> C:\cygwin\bin>./bash
> '.' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
> 
> C:\cygwin\bin>bash.exe
> 
> C:\cygwin\bin>

When i look in the taskmanager's processlist, i dont see any cygwin
processes running.

I was happy to see cygcheck.exe working:
> C:\cygwin\bin>cygcheck.exe -c -v -r
> Cygwin Package Information
> Last downloaded files to: c:\cygwin\download
> Last downloaded files from: ftp://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/cygwin
> 
> Package              Version            Status
> _update-info-dir     00328-1            OK
> alternatives         1.3.20a-1          OK
> ash                  20040127-3         OK
> base-files           3.6-1              OK
> base-passwd          2.2-1              OK
> bash                 3.0-11             OK
> bzip2                1.0.3-1            OK
> coreutils            5.3.0-9            OK
> crypt                1.1-1              OK
> cygrunsrv            1.11-1             OK
> cygutils             1.2.9-1            OK
> cygwin               1.5.18-1           OK
> cygwin-doc           1.4-3              OK
> diffutils            2.8.7-1            OK
> editrights           1.01-1             OK
> findutils            4.2.25-2           OK
> gawk                 3.1.5-1            OK
> gdbm                 1.8.3-7            OK
> grep                 2.5.1a-2           OK
> groff                1.18.1-2           OK
> gzip                 1.3.5-1            OK
> less                 381-1              OK
> libbz2_1             1.0.3-1            OK
> libcharset1          1.9.2-1            OK
> libgdbm              1.8.0-5            OK
> libgdbm-devel        1.8.3-7            OK
> libgdbm3             1.8.3-3            OK
> libgdbm4             1.8.3-7            OK
> libiconv             1.9.2-1            OK
> libiconv2            1.9.2-1            OK
> libintl              0.10.38-3          OK
> libintl1             0.10.40-1          OK
> libintl2             0.12.1-3           OK
> libintl3             0.14.1-1           OK
> libncurses5          5.2-1              OK
> libncurses6          5.2-8              OK
> libncurses7          5.3-4              OK
> libncurses8          5.4-4              OK
> libpcre0             6.3-1              OK
> libpopt0             1.6.4-4            OK
> libreadline4         4.1-2              OK
> libreadline5         4.3-5              OK
> libreadline6         5.0-4              OK
> login                1.9-7              OK
> man                  1.5p-1             OK
> minires              1.00-1             OK
> mktemp               1.5-3              OK
> ncurses              5.4-4              OK
> openssh              4.1p1-2            OK
> openssl              0.9.8a-1           OK
> openssl097           0.9.7i-1           OK
> rsync                2.6.6-1            OK
> run                  1.1.6-1            OK
> sed                  4.1.4-1            OK
> tar                  1.15.1-2           OK
> termcap              20050421-1         OK
> terminfo             5.4_20041009-1     OK
> texinfo              4.8-1              OK
> wget                 1.9.1-2            OK
> which                1.7-1              OK
> zlib                 1.2.3-1            OK

How can i get the executables working? If more information is needed
about the system please ask.

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