If you successfully run it manually, then the problem of launching the bat file with a shortcut is a Windows gui problem.
Go for investigating file extensions and associations handling of bat files. Try to delete and recreate a link to the original bat file on the desktop (Ctrl-Shift Drag the icon). Pavel > Pavel, > > Thanks for the help. I can run it from the command > line. > > --- Pavel Krustev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can you try to execute the bat file manually? > > > > Start menu -> Run > > type 'cmd' <ENTER> > > > > in the DOS shell enter: > > > > cd Desktop > > cygwin.bat > > > > If it run OK, then there is still a problem with > > windows handling the BAT file > > extensions in the gui. If it wouldn't start, there > > is a problem with the bat > > file itself, try to run X/cygwin from the start menu > > group of Cygwin > > > > Hope that helps. > > Pavel > > > > > I do not have the .bat extension file in the list > > > > either. > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > > From: "Davies, Roger" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com > > > Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 12:44:17 AM > > > Subject: RE: cygwin/x fails to run on WinXP when > > > > cygwin.bat executed > > > > > instead a different software phpEdit runs > > > > > > > > > If I'm not mistaken, phpEdit defined itself as the > > > > default program for > > > > > bat files. To check, open a Windows Explorer (not > > > > internet explorer, > > > > > select Tools then Folder Options, go to the File > > > > Types tab and look for > > > > > the .BAT extension. It probably is se to open > > > > with phpEdit. I think if > > > > > you delete that extension type, it will default > > > > back to running. I > > > > > certainly have no entry for bat file types. Hope > > > > that helps. > > > > > ______________ > > > Roger Davies > > > PeopleSoft HRMS > > > 970.397.5548 > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > > > Of Shewaferaw Shibeshi > > > > > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 10:24 PM > > > To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com > > > Subject: cygwin/x fails to run on WinXP when > > > > cygwin.bat executed instead > > > > > a different software phpEdit runs > > > > > > 1) cygwin has been running on my WinXP > > > > machine as a charm until I > > > > > installed phpEdit software few days ago. After I > > > > installed this software > > > > > when I try to run the program by executing (double > > > > clicking the icon) > > > > > cygwin.bat instead of cygwin this newly installed > > > > program phpEdit starts > > > > > to run. It sounds some form of hijacking cygwin > > > > takes place. > > > > > 2) As an intervention even after I > > > > uninstalled phpedit cygwin > > > > > still fails to run. What happens is instead the > > > > famous Windows dialogue > > > > > box pop ups asking which program to use to open > > > > cygwin.bat file > > > > > defaulting to notepad as the best program to open > > > > it-remember my > > > > > intention is to run not to see content of file. > > > 3) As a second intervention, I unistalled > > > > the old cygwin and > > > > > downloaded a fresh setup.exe file and also > > > > downloaded and performed a > > > > > new install even from different mirrors. But the > > > > problem still persist. > > > > > Again and again it ask me to choose a program to > > > > open the "cygwin.bat" > > > > > file despite the fact that what I want is to run > > > > not to open. When I use > > > > > note pad and open the content I only get a text > > > > file of "cygwin.bat" > > > > > with the following content: > > > @echo off > > > C: > > > chdir C:\cygwin\bin > > > bash --login -i > > > > > > How can I make cygwin run? Why > > > > particularly this problem is > > > > > manifested after I > > > installed phpEdit? When cygwin > > > > supposed to run when > > > > > cygwin.bat executed > > > why phpEdit instead run? > > > > > > > > > Shewa > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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