Unable to retain installation configuration on Windows 10
Brian Inglis
Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca
Tue Sep 22 16:29:00 GMT 2015
Xi Shen <davidshen84 <at> gmail.com> writes:
> On Windows 7, the setup program is able to remember last install
> location. But on Windows 10 64 bit, the installation root is always
> "c:\cygwin64", and the package location is always
> "current_dir\cygwin64".
>
> I think some register key is messed up?
Install directory can be seen using:
$ reg query HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Cygwin\\setup /s
or
$ echo $( < /proc/registry/HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Cygwin/setup/rootdir )
and the package directory using:
$ fgrep -A1 last-cache /etc/setup/setup.rc
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