startxwin.bat-missing files

[Jack Tanner]

robert jacques wrote:
> After downloading and installing cygwin the user guides directs you on how
> to start cygwin.
> 
> One method is to run /usr/X11R6/bin/startxwin.bat by double-clicking it in
> Windows Explorer.
> "startxwin.bat". However, I get the followining 2 error messages:
>                1)"required .DLL file, CYGCYGIPC-2.DLL, was not found.
>                 2)"required .DLL file, CYGWIN1.DLL, was not found.

startxwin.bat will work if you add the right directories to the Windows 
path. Assuming the default install location, that would be 
c:\cygwin\bin;c:\cygwin\usr\bin;c:\cygwin\usr\local\bin;c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin.

-JT