Re: Installing mintty in a restricted environment

2010-03-31 Thread Andy Koppe
Rance Hall wrote: > I had to check the box on setup that said I was installing for just me > so that setup wouldnt try to install shortcuts in ALL USERS which it > does not have the right to do. > > mintty did not self-setup correctly under this scenario. > > I did not get a mintty icon on my deskt

Re: Installing mintty in a restricted environment

2010-03-31 Thread Rance Hall
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Jeremy Bopp wrote: > While waiting for a fix, create your own shortcut for Mintty.  Assuming > C:\cygwin is where you installed Cygwin, set the Target: field to > "C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -" without the quotes and the Start in: field > to C:\cygwin\bin.  Adjus

Re: Installing mintty in a restricted environment

2010-03-31 Thread Jeremy Bopp
On 3/31/2010 12:13 PM, Rance Hall wrote: > Today I tried to install cygwin on a work machine that I do not have > permission to admin. > > I'm a Math Prof here so I just get to use the machine on my desk. > > on my laptop I am the admin so I installed cygwin for all users. No > biggie, only user

Installing mintty in a restricted environment

2010-03-31 Thread Rance Hall
Today I tried to install cygwin on a work machine that I do not have permission to admin. I'm a Math Prof here so I just get to use the machine on my desk. on my laptop I am the admin so I installed cygwin for all users. No biggie, only user is me. I use mintty on the advice of some folks on th