startxwin.exe no longer exists?

Marco Atzeri marco.atzeri@gmail.com
Sat Dec 13 18:17:00 GMT 2014



On 12/12/2014 7:07 PM, Will Parsons wrote:
> For several years now I have been starting X windows by clicking on an
> icon on my desktop that is a link to C:\cygwin\bin\startxwin.exe.  It
> has recently ceased to work because apparently startxwin.exe no longer
> exists.  Somehow I missed where this was removed, so what is the
> recommended way of starting X from a desktop icon now?
>
> I seem to recall that startxwin.exe was introduced some time ago
> because using a script to start X was inadequate somehow, but I don't
> remember the details, so what changed?
>
https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree-announce/2014-11/msg00004.html

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