setup.exe roadblocks

Richard Foulk richard@skydive1.com
Fri Jul 7 04:02:00 GMT 2006


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> According to Richard Foulk on 7/5/2006 5:16 PM:
> > 
> > My apologies for the substandard report.  I forgot to take notes the
> > last time it happened.  :-(  Now I remember ... it's the message that
> > warns about files having changed -- so you need to reboot or things
> > won't work right.
> > 
> > But this stops the download until you dismiss the popup.  :-(
>
> The solution is simple.  Ensure that no cygwin processes are running
> before you start setup.exe, then no cygwin files will be in use and
> setup.exe will have no reason to popup a box.
>
> - --
> Life is short - so eat dessert first!
>
> Eric Blake             ebb9@byu.net

Right you are.  Sadly, that can mean an unnecessarily long time without
use of Cygwin.  :-(


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