Is it possible to install Cygwin on a Windows XP system without having the admin rights?
Windows – Installing Cygwin on Windows XP without having the admin rights
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Is it possible to install Cygwin on a Windows XP system without having the admin rights?
Best Answer
To install Cygwin on Windows 7 without administrator rights, you first have to rename the setup program of Cygwin (
setup.exe
) to something else (e.g.cygwin.exe
).If the Cygwin setup is named
setup.exe
, Windows 7 (or Cygwin?) seems to assume that it needs administrator rights to run.