I eventually fixed it by gaining ownership again via:
CMD as admin Start explorer Properties on the Cygwin-X start menu Security tab Set on top of the screen the right user and check the all children A few times yes and rerun setup.exe again (for the more windows oriented guys like me 😊) -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple