How do I run it?

[Ian Burrell]

Perry Hutchison wrote:
> OK, I've installed Cygwin and XFree86 on a Windows 95 system.  When
> I try to run C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\XWin.exe, I get an error box:
> 
>     Error Starting Program
> 
>               A required .DLL file, CYGWIN1.DLL, was not found.
> 
> That file does exist, in C:\cygwin\bin.  Rebooting does not help.
> What part of the installation process did I miss?
> 
> The only things I found in the FAQ that seem even remotely related are
> 1.8 and 2.3.  They mention a startxwin.bat, which I can't find on my
> system.  There's also a mention of a HOW-TO, but the only such file I
> can find is HOW-TO-CONTRIBUTE which is a little beyond where I've been
> able to get to so far :)
> 

Check your PATH. It needs to include c:\cygwin\bin. How are you trying 
to run XWin? From a bash shell? From the run box?

  - Ian

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