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Re: cygwin configuration and registry


--- Bob McGowan <Robert.McGowan@veritas.com> wrote:
> I am using Cygwin 1.0 from the CD, and WinNT 2000, in a test
> environment.  I had a system installed with the OS and cygwin, working
> OK.  I then installed the software I am testing and blew NT out of the
> water.  I re-installed to the same disk, without destroying the original
> install, for debug purposes, using a different directory (winnt2k,
> leaving winnt intact).  The rest of the system is pretty much as it was
> from the original setup (except for portions of "Program Files"
> installed from the NT CD), including the Cygwin install.  But there is
> nothing in the registry for it, for this second setup.
> 
> Is there a list of keys that I could recover from the first install, to
> import to the second?  Or some other method to make Cygwin work in the
> second install, without having to re-install it?
> 

The only thing in the registry for cygwin are the mounted directories.  The
initial mounts are created upon entry into any Cygwin program.  If you wish an
entry into the "Start" menu then just do the proper creates of a shortcut to bash.exe.

=====
Earnie Boyd <mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
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<http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/gw32/index.html>
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