1.7.1: Does 'chere' work with Vista 64b? Can't tell by me.

[Lee D. Rothstein]

Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> On 12/26/2009 12:50 PM, Lee Rothstein wrote:
>> See here, Chere-oes: ;-)
>>
>> I've tried all manner of command option permutations with 'chere'
>> and can't get it to work -- as it has in the past.
>>
>> Here's my latest attempt:
>>
>> $ chere -i -a -n -e "Bitte Bash Bei" -t mintty -o \
>> "--icon=c:\_0\cygicons-hippo-vista-0.dll,10 -"
>> Shell defaulting to bash defined for lr
>>
>> First, it doesn't work, so that when I right-click on a directory
>> and select the 'chere' option, I get the following text box
>> message:
>>
>> This file does not have a program associated with it for
>> performing thia action. Create an association in the Set
>> Associations control panel.
>>
>> Second, no matter what menu expression (argument to '-e'), I give
>> it, it always ends up being:
>>
>> "cygwin_bash"
>>
>> Fortumately, 'chere -u' seems to work.
>>
>> Notes:
>>
>> 1.
>>
>> $ cygcheck -c chere
>> Cygwin Package Information
>> Package Version Status
>> chere 1.1-1 OK
>>
>> 2. My Windows System PATH includes '/bin' in Windows format.
>>
>> 3. I always run the 'chere' command in an "as Administrator" window.
>>
>> 4. The above install command is only one of tens of option
>> permutations I've tried, all chere-less-Lee.
>>
>> Clearly, I have nothing to cheere about! ;-)
>>
>> Clues?
>
> I've always found 'chere -i' works for me.  I'd also recommend getting 
> rid of
> 'c:\_0\local\Scripts\test'.
>
no such file!

Larry, et al.,

As my initial message indicates 'chere -i', run as Administrator results 
in a non-working 'chere' install with the additional
weird properties indicated.

Besides I want Mintty and Bash as the window, not the console.

Are you running Vista 64bit? If not, I suspect the registry keys set in 
Vista 64 are not correct as set by 'chere'.

MMDV!

Lee


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