cannot run setup64.exe without admin privileges (even if renamed foo.exe)

[Christopher Faylor]

On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 04:59:57PM +0000, Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote:
>Does setup for 64 bit cygwin need to be 64 bit?  Might all this
>be avoided if setup-x86_64.exe were itself 32 bit application?

I lost that argument.  Apparently some 64-bit systems can't run 32-bit
applications.  I wanted to just have one setup with a check box
determining which version to install.  That idea was vehemently
rejected.

However, this should work (I haven't tried lately):

.\setup-x86 --arch=x86_64

Assuming you aren't part of the .001% who can't run x86 executables.

cgf

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