Setup.exe Problems on Vista

[Morgan Gangwere]

On 4/22/07, Brian Dessent <brian(a)dessent.net> wrote:
> "Michael D. Adams" wrote:
>
> > The workaround for this problem that I have found is to set the
> > *Windows* path to include C:\cygwin\bin before running setup.exe.  So
> > for example this sequence works:
> >
> > set PATH=C:\cygwin\bin;%PATH%
> > setup.exe
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> That would be pretty brain dead if Vista did not allow programs to
> modify the PATH.  That would cause about a million failures in Cygwin
> and various programs.

its UAC - User Acess Control. users can change variables that belong
to THEM. you can turn OFF UAC and run Setup.exe then as Administrator.
thats what I do at school. we use some x tools for the science lab.

> > OS: Vista Home Premium
> > Setup.exe Version: 2.510.2.2 (run without administraitor permission)

run as Admin always.especially now because of the UAC stuff.

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2004, Routledge: London. p. 82-93.

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