No cancel mode for setup.exe

Corinna Vinschen corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com
Tue Nov 30 15:12:13 GMT 2021


Hi Thorsten,

On Nov 29 15:23, Fuchs, Thorsten via Cygwin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We are using the setup-x86_64.exe within our deployment system to
> install Cygwin at the developer workstations. The setup run is
> triggered automatically and all developer workstation going to be
> install identically. However, when the setup window is open and the
> install is in progress it is possible for the user to cancel it.
> Sometimes developers interrupt the process. Would be good if this can
> be avoided.

When you automate the setup call, can't you also ask the automation
to run the process in a hidden window?  That would probably already
avoid a lot of uninformed interruption...


Corinna


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