Cygwin 1.7: cygstart does not recognise App Paths
Mark Hadfield
mark.hadf@gmail.com
Fri Sep 18 03:08:00 GMT 2009
I note with interest that in Cygwin 1.7 cygstart does not recognise
entries in the App Paths list, whereas in Cygwin 1.5 it does.
For example I have the following entry in my app paths list, pointing
to my favourite text editor:
$ regtool --verbose list
"/HKLM/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/App
Paths/TextPad.exe"
(REG_SZ) = "C:\Program Files\TextPad 5\TextPad.exe"
Under Cygwin 1.5, "cygstart textpad" starts up an instance of the
editor. Under Cygwin 1.7 it does not, instead looking for an
executable in the current directory.
$ cygstart textpad
Unable to start 'C:\Documents and Settings\hadfield\textpad': The
specified file was not found.
It's not an issue with cygstart being stricter with the name, as
"cygstart TextPad" and "cygstart TextPad.exe" also fail.
Is this change deliberate?
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Mark Hadfield
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Wellington 6023, NZ
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