Re: FW: Cygwin installation

[Matt Wozniski <godlygeek at gmail dot com>]

Yuck.  http://www.cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTWLL

Reformatted.

Stephen Mcgowan wrote:
> I am writing as I'm having trouble with setting up my cygwin using
> a windows vista operating system.
>
> I have downloaded and installed cygwin to my C:\ and for my course
> have been asked to right click the icon and go into properties.

What icon?  Seems you're changing the properties for the link to
cygwin.bat for some reason... what are you trying to accomplish?

> For the "Target" set it to C:\cygwin\cygwin.bat and for the "Start
> In:" set it to C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\startxwin.bat (see picture).

Yep.  Which means you want the application (cygwin.bat) to start in the
directory c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\startxwin.bat

> The thing is, I set these, and the picture shows I have located the
> startxwin.bat file on the right hand side, but I receive the following
> error message:
>
> "The folder C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\startxwin.bat" specified in the
> Start In box is not valid. Make sure the folder exists and the path is
> correct."

Because it's a file, not a folder.  An application starts in a certain
directory; it can't start in a file.

> Any assistance or advice on this matter would be greatly appreciated,
>
> Many Thanks,
>
> Stephen McGowan

I'm not really even sure what you're trying to do.

~Matt

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