Vista, new install, x server does not start, startxwin.bat missing

[Scott Fordin]

Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
> On 17/02/2010 18:59, Scott Fordin wrote:
>> FWIW, I've found that, under Vista, I have to run the Cygwin X server,
>> bash shell, and xterm as Administrator for everything to work.
> 
> There is nothing about the X server that requires Administrator 
> privileges.  I run W7 with the default UAC settings and I never see a 
> prompt.

Dunno. I can only get it to work on Vista if I run it as Administrator.
Maybe UAC in Windows 7 differs somehow from UAC in Vista?

Scott

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> Yaakov
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