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Re: 1.7: cygrunsrv and google desktop search (was: cygrunsrv will not start services most of the time)
- From: Dave Korn <dave dot korn dot cygwin at googlemail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:50:05 +0100
- Subject: Re: 1.7: cygrunsrv and google desktop search (was: cygrunsrv will not start services most of the time)
- References: <e002508e0908280757r7dc3a856mf814de9b79856a@mail.gmail.com>
Jonathan Manning wrote:
> I've been tearing my hair out for weeks trying to get sshd running
> again after it stopped working. Came across this old thread on cygwin
> discuss from 3/26/09 describing the same problem but no resolution.
> Cause: Google Desktop Search's AppInit_DLL. This injects their DLL
> into every process in order to attach to programs like IE for
> indexing. Remove GDS, or clear the value of the registry key:
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
> NT\CurrentVersion\Windows\AppInit_DLLs
> Not sure if cygrunsrv can do anything to avoid getting stepped on
> here. If you need more details, let me know. Hopefully this helps
> someone else. In the meantime - GDS == gone. I need my cygwin.
Thanks for the report. We do have Google Desktop listed on the BLODA, but
only in the new FAQ for Cygwin 1.7; the old FAQ isn't updated any more.
http://cygwin.com/1.7/faq/faq.using.html#faq.using.bloda
cheers,
DaveK
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