balance command complains about missing rendezvous directory

[Marco Coletti <colemarc at gmail dot com>]

Windows 10 x64

Just installed Cygwin and balance package.

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SO000419@100F00PF0VSTHQ ~
$ balance -d -f -b 127.0.0.1 1080 127.0.0.1:1090
source port 1080
ERROR: rendezvous directory not available and/or creatable
       please create /var/run/balance/ with mode 01777 like this:
       # mkdir -m 01777 /var/run/balance/
argv[0]=/usr/bin/balance
bindhost=127.0.0.1

SO000419@100F00PF0VSTHQ ~
$ ls -ld /var/run/balance
drwxrwxrwt+ 1 SO000419 Domain Users 0 Jun 14 16:48 /var/run/balance

SO000419@100F00PF0VSTHQ ~
$ ls -l /var/run/balance/.keep-balance
-rw-r--r-- 1 SO000419 Domain Users 0 Apr 28  2013 /var/run/balance/.keep-balance
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The same balance command works on Ubuntu 16.04.6.

Attached output of [cygcheck -s -v -r]

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