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Re: Problem uninstalling/deleting cygwin
Neven Luetic wrote:
Am Dienstag, den 25.01.2005, 11:47 -0800 schrieb Andrew DeFaria:
Neven Luetic wrote:
In the meantime I moved the directory away and I am able to install
a new cygwin and remove it by deleting the directory. However I can
not get rid of the old directory. Everything inside, that's a real
file, can be deleted manually by setting the appropriate privileges
- what remains are just the stale symbolic links and some symbolic
links to Windows files like /etc/hosts to
C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc\networks.
I'm curious. What happens if you open a Windows Explorer and attempt
to delete the top level directory for this renegade Cygwin install?
It says: "x cannot be deleted. Access denied. Maybe the source file is
opened" (maybe this translation from german is bad, but I saw it
before, so you'll recognize it).
Does any process have this file opened? Try using Process Explorer from
SysInternals.com.
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