Cygwin/X and Vista and UAC

[Larry Hall (Cygwin X)]

<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU> - Reformatted.

On 02/17/2010 09:46 AM, Dr. M. C. Nelson wrote:
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> From: cygwin-xfree-owner at cygwin dot com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner at cygwin dot com] On Behalf Of Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 6:00 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
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<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR> - Thanks.

> Subject: Re: Cygwin/X and Vista and UAC
>
> On 02/16/2010 05:54 PM, Dr. M. C. Nelson wrote:
>> Okay, I agree we need better information.  So, I think I want to start again
>> with a clean install. I understand that the procedure for removing cygwin is
>> to just delete everything.  Does it create any registry entries that should
>> be deleted?
>
> <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.uninstall-all>
>
> There might be a very destructive error in the uninstall instructions:
>
> 	3. Delete the Cygwin root folder and all subfolders. ....
>
> The subfolders include /cygdrive/c/, etc.

I suppose it's possible to try to delete everything in Cygwin with Cygwin via
'rm -rf /' but it wouldn't be a success even if your observation wasn't an
issue.  But I agree if someone tried to do just that, then this is a potential
danger.  So the FAQ could be more clear/instructive on this count.  Care to
offer a patch for the documentation?

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