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Re: Please help with 4NT and cygwin problem?? (WinXP) - 2 attachments
Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please@cygwin.com> wrote in
20040804143628.GE15068@trixie.casa.cgf.cx:">news:20040804143628.GE15068@trixie.casa.cgf.cx:
>>gateway to this list.
>
> I found this in your cygcheck output as one of your environment
> variables in the failing 4NT case:
>
> __COMPAT_LAYER = `Win98 DisableThemes '
>
> This is the cause of your problems. I don't know what's setting it
> (4nt\4start.btm maybe?) but if you unset it, things should work
> correctly.
>
I'll be dam*** !!!! For some reason, I had "Disable Windows Themes" and
"compatibility=Win98/WinME" set in my 4NT windows shortcut!! I don't know
why.
Indeed, removing those settings makes everything Cygwin work again!!
Thank you *very* much!!
Dan
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