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Re: getting cancelsynchronous IO error when starting mintty.exe from Windows XP desktop shortcut
On Jul 27, 2016, at 10:00 PM, prabhakar gupta <gupta_prabhakar@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> After getting the "installation cocmpleted" message I double clicked on the MINTTY.EXE shortcut and go the following error:
> "The procedure entry point cancelsynchronousio could not be located in the dynamic link libraryKERNEL32.DLL”.
Indeed, that Windows API function does not exist on XP:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/desktop/aa363794.aspx
Does this not show that the Cygwin DLL is trying to call it?
$ objdump -x /bin/cygwin1.dll | grep CancelSync
[22724](sec 2)(fl 0x00)(ty 0)(scl 2) (nx 0) 0x0000000000000ad0 _win32_CancelSynchronousIo
[23658](sec 2)(fl 0x00)(ty 0)(scl 2) (nx 0) 0x0000000000000ad0 CancelSynchronousIo
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