Problem with new setup.exe v. 2.763

Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] BBuchbinder@niaid.nih.gov
Thu Dec 22 23:07:00 GMT 2011


Windows 7, no administrator rights.

<setup.exe> version 2.761 seems to work fine.

As discussed previous in another thread, Windows 7 won't run <setup.exe>
without administrator rights.

Download and run:

/usr/local/bin> curl -R http://cygwin.com/setup.exe-o getcygwin.exe
/usr/local/bin> chmod 777 getcygwin.exe
ls -og getcygwin.exe
/usr/local/bin> ls -og getcygwin.exe
-rwxrwxrwx 1 696861 2011-12-22 16:46:20 getcygwin.exe
/usr/local/bin> file getcygwin.exe
getcygwin.exe: PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386 (stripped to external PDB), for MS Windows, UPX compressed
/usr/local/bin> ./getcygwin.exe
Starting cygwin install, version 2.763
Starting cygwin install, version 2.763
Starting cygwin install, version 2.763
Starting cygwin install, version 2.763
Starting cygwin install, version 2.763
Starting cygwin install, version 2.763
/usr/local/bin>

Watching it in taskmanager shows that it sits there for a while, then
briefly goes away before reappearing again.

Using cygstart does not work, nor does using start from a cmd prompt.
Starting from Windows Explorer eventually gives an error message.

    getcygwin.exe has stopped working.
    A problem caused the program to stop working correctly.
    Please closed the program.
    +----------------------------+
    |  => Close the program      |
    +----------------------------+

Best wishes,

- Barry
  Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID.


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