FW: Cygwin64 Terminal - Windows is searching for mintty

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

On 10/21/2013 12:04 AM, Matthias Hettwer wrote:
> Windows 7 Pro 64-bit: After full installation of setup-x86_64 - done
> repeatedly to correct any errors and misses - there still is a fatal error
> when starting Cygwin64 Terminal, "Windows is searching for minty" with a
> "Browse" button option. However, it can't be found anywhere on the hard drive.
> I downloaded a version of mintty 1.0.3 from a download site and unzipped
> all the content but no mintty executable can be found there either.

Right.  This is not a supported way of obtaining and installing a package.
It won't work.  While it's understandable that you might experiment some
trying to get things working, this approach isn't a viable option.

> Any suggestions on how to repair the Cygwin setup-x86_64 installation to
> have mintty ?

Please read and follow the problem-reporting guidelines found at the link
below:

> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html

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Larry

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