Postinstal failure for xinit.sh

[Angelo Graziosi]

For completenes, I want to flag that on Windows 7 U 64b and Cygwin32 
(but should be the same for Cygwin64) xinit.sh (postinstall) fails as 
follows (from setu.log.full):


[...]
2013/07/27 23:41:15 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile 
/etc/postinstall/xinit.sh
/usr/bin/mkdir: cannot create directory 
`/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start 
Menu/Programs/Cygwin-X': Permission denied
mkshortcut: Saving C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start 
Menu\Programs\Cygwin-X\XWin Server.lnk failed; does the target 
directory exist?

2013/07/27 23:41:17 abnormal exit: exit code=3
...


Ciao,
Angelo.

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Missing X11/x-start-menu-icons selection when installing cygwin/X using setup-x86_64.exe

[David Imamura]

Problem:
Trying to install Cygwin/x following install guide
http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ug/setup.html#setup-cygwin-x-installing.
Does not display selection for X11/X-start-menu-icons, but can continue 
install. Install then has an error and is not successful (missing windows start 
menu icons).
Details:
Windows 7 pro 64-bit machine using setup-x86_64.exe downloaded 7/24/2013.
Could see and select xorg-server, xorg-docs, xinit.
Error 134?
No shortcuts under Start | All Programs | Cygwin-X.
Tried to install as administrator (right click setup exe and Run as 
Administrator) and still missing item X11/X-start-menu-icons and similar error 
and missing shortcuts under Start | All Programs | Cygwin-X.
Workaround:
Install setup-x86.exe (32-bit), can see X-start-menu-icons, and installs 
successfully with appropriate shortcuts under All Programs | Cygwin-X.
-D
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