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RE: chere + mintty doesn't work with mapped drives


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Kilroy [mailto:kilroyd@googlemail.com]
> I think the difference is where you select the checkbox. There's one in
> Compatibility->Privilege Level->Run as admin, and another in
> Shortcut->Advanced->Run as admin. The compatibility one is telling
> windows that to execute mintty correctly it needs admin privileges, so it
> always runs mintty this way. The latter is the one that just affects the
> shortcut.
> Dave.

Thanks!  I had NO idea there were TWO admin checkboxes.

 Now I have a solution to both of my problems, and I'm feeling happy again :-)
OOPS, I suspect the last comment is tempting fate. :-(

Regards
-- Charlie

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