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RE: Lastest setup.exe gives error message mount: Access is Denied
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: "Thread TITTTL'd!" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:42:43 +0100
- Subject: RE: Lastest setup.exe gives error message mount: Access is Denied
- References: <1b185450809151731h1a43b162jea4fd597980c0841@mail.gmail.com> <48CF143A.9070407@cygwin.com>
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Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote on 16 September 2008 03:05:
> Michael Kokich wrote:
>> I've solved the problem now! But I'm not sure why this solves it.
>>
>> So the right clicked and ran setup using 'Run as Administrator' but it
>> was still giving me the mount error when it got to the part to install.
>>
>> I then decided that I would try turning UAC on and then run the
>> setup.exe again. And this time it has installed without complaint.
>>
>> I dont' know why I turned UAC back on, but it has seemed to fixed it.
>
> You're right. That makes no sense. ;-)
Or to put it another way, that's by design. Microsoft design. See also
system32/sysnative nonsense!
cheers,
DaveK
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