"This app can't run on your PC"

[KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cygwin <cygwin-
> bounces+panagiotis.kavalagios=eeas.europa.eu@cygwin.com> On Behalf Of
> Mustafa Awni via Cygwin
> Sent: 13 November 2023 08:16
> To: 'cygwin@cygwin.com' <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Subject: "This app can't run on your PC"
> 
> Hi Cygwin team,
> 
> Hope you're doing well! I am a developer and I'm having issues with the
> setup-x86_64.exe. I've tried running it with every compatibility mode, I've
> worked with my company's IT, but nothing has worked and my IT team said
> the only option left is to go to the source. I am running Windows 10
> Enterprise, 64-bit operating system. The reason I want to update Cygwin, is
> because when I run Cntlm (the proxy), it provides the error about
> 'find_fast_cwd'. As said on the Cygwin website, this can be solved by
> updating. But when I download the .exe from the website, and I run the .exe
> (no matter as admin or not, compatibility mode or not), I get a Windows pop
> up that says "This app can't run on your PC". Are there any ideas you guys
> may have on how to get past this? Feeling hopeless and couldn't find
> anything online :(. Worth noting that my company's IT team has played
> around with the firewall and it changed nothing.
> 
> Hope to hear back soon! Happy to provide more details if necessary as well.

That's weird. Have you also checked the checksum of the binary and it is the same? Is it blocked by any other antivirus?

Regards,
Panos