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Re: install on win7 enterprise, can't modify bash start up shortcut


On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 7:49 AM, Christopher Faylor  wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 07:48:50PM +0200, Csaba Raduly wrote:
>>On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 7:10 PM, LMH ?wrote:
>>> Well key shortcut copy and past would be very nice. How do I go about
>>> setting up bash to run with the mintty terminal and not cmd? Can you link me
>>> to something?
>>
>>I have a shortcut with the following target, on my desktop:
>>
>>C:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -h error /usr/bin/bash --login
>>
>>If you install the mintty package with Cygwin setup, it will create a
>>mintty shortcut under Start Menu/Programs/Cygwin
>
> I must be missing something. ?Why would mintty ever use "cmd"?

He meant the csrss/conhost window, usually associated with cmd.exe

Csaba
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