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Re: 64-bit setup: not a valid win32 application


On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Ryan Johnson
<ryan.johnson@cs.utoronto.ca> wrote:
>
> I tried to install 64-bit cygwin today, but I keep encountering the error
> message "setup-x86_64.exe is not a valid Win32 application."

I had the same problem today on Windows 8.  The solution was to
download the 64-bit setup program from a mirror instead of the
cygwin.com site.  Try here:

* http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/cygwin/64bit/setup64.exe

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Darik Horn <dajhorn@vanadac.com>

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