Re: cygwin/x fails to run on WinXP when cygwin.bat executed instead a different software phpEdit runs

[Shewaferaw Shibeshi <shewaferaw at yahoo dot com>]

Pavel,

Thanks for the help. I can run it from the command
line.


--- Pavel Krustev <pkrastev@globul.bg> wrote:

> Can you try to execute the bat file manually?
> 
> Start menu -> Run
> type 'cmd' <ENTER>
> 
> in the DOS shell enter:
> 
> cd Desktop
> cygwin.bat
> 
> If it run OK, then there is still a problem with
> windows handling the BAT file 
> extensions in the gui. If it wouldn't start, there
> is a problem with the bat 
> file itself, try to run X/cygwin from the start menu
> group of Cygwin
> 
> Hope that helps.
> Pavel
> 
> 
> > I do not have the .bat extension file in the list
> either.
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: "Davies, Roger"
> <Roger.Davies@swiftbrands.com>
> > To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> > Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 12:44:17 AM
> > Subject: RE: cygwin/x fails to run on WinXP when
> cygwin.bat executed
> > instead a different software phpEdit runs
> >
> >
> > If I'm not mistaken, phpEdit defined itself as the
> default program for
> > bat files.  To check, open a Windows Explorer (not
> internet explorer,
> > select Tools then Folder Options, go to the File
> Types tab and look for
> > the .BAT extension.  It probably is se to open
> with phpEdit.  I think if
> > you delete that extension type, it will default
> back to running. I
> > certainly have no entry for bat file types.   Hope
> that helps.
> >
> > ______________
> > Roger Davies
> > PeopleSoft HRMS
> > 970.397.5548
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> > [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf
> Of Shewaferaw Shibeshi
> > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 10:24 PM
> > To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> > Subject: cygwin/x fails to run on WinXP when
> cygwin.bat executed instead
> > a different software phpEdit runs
> >
> > 1)       cygwin has been running on my WinXP
> machine as a charm until I
> > installed phpEdit software few days ago. After I
> installed this software
> > when I try to run the program by executing (double
> clicking the icon)
> > cygwin.bat instead of cygwin this newly installed
> program phpEdit starts
> > to run. It sounds some form of hijacking cygwin
> takes place.
> > 2)       As an intervention even after I
> uninstalled phpedit cygwin
> > still fails to run. What happens is instead the
> famous Windows  dialogue
> > box pop ups asking which program to use to open
> cygwin.bat file
> > defaulting to notepad as the best program to open
> it-remember my
> > intention is to run not to see content of file.
> > 3)       As a second intervention, I unistalled
> the old cygwin and
> > downloaded a fresh setup.exe file and also
> downloaded and performed a
> > new install even from different mirrors. But the
> problem still persist.
> > Again and again it ask me to choose a program to
> open the "cygwin.bat"
> > file despite the fact that what I want is to run
> not to open. When I use
> > note pad and open the content I only get a text
> file of "cygwin.bat"
> > with the following content:
> >                      @echo off
> >                       C:
> >                       chdir C:\cygwin\bin
> >                       bash --login -i
> >
> >           How can I make cygwin run?  Why
> particularly this problem is
> > manifested after I
> >            installed phpEdit?  When cygwin
> supposed to run when
> > cygwin.bat executed
> >            why phpEdit instead run?
> >
> >
> > Shewa
> >
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