How to install cygwin on windows?

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  sarveshgupta

  Can anyone help in installing cygwin on win xp?
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  sookie

  Hi sarveshgupta,
  
  Did you check following two links ?
  
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  vik001ind

  If you download cygwin files using the cygwin 372kb setup, it will take huge amount of time & may result in total waste of time.
  Instead download all files from this link
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  & then unzip it & run setup.exe .
  Its a cake walk.
  This zip file is about 70mb, but cygwin don't run properly on vista or 7, so use it in xp.
  For uninstalling, it can't be uninstalled from control panel, so you have to delete its content from program files & registry, later requires much care.
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  sarveshgupta

  Then also tell me about the uninstall procedure in a little more detail
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  vik001ind

  for uninstalling open registry, go to edit > find, search word "cygwin" & as the word shows up press delete key, then press f3 for find next appearance for the word. Repeat till no cygwin word is found. Be careful, do not to delete any other entry by mistake.
  also delete all cygwin files made on your system, including shortcuts etc.
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  sarveshgupta

  Thanks vik
  
  to open the registry does we have to start|run|regedit is it correct?
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  vik001ind

  yeah, you can also open it from cmd, by entering regedit or directly from system32 folder in c:/windows