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Date:	Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:45:53 -0400
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: So how do you uninstall cygwin?
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On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 07:15:21AM -0700, Brian Dessent wrote:
>Dave Korn wrote:
>>>>information at http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_2.html#SEC19 (How
>>
>>>and remove all entries from the mount table ("umount -a")
>>
>>The advice in the faq to delete
>>
>>"...The registry tree `Software\Cygnus Solutions' under
>>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and/or HKEY_CURRENT_USER..."
>>
>>obviates the need to umount anything manually, doesn't it?>
>
>Just doing my part in the "cgf crusade against manually editing the
>registry", really...

Thanks.  I guess the FAQ could say something about using umount -a
but "umount -a" doesn't (yet) remove the Cygwin registry entries
so you couldn't get a clean install without actually going into
the registry.

...and just imagine the feeling of empowerment! You've edited the
registry! You're practically a hacker at that moment.  Well, you're at
least a programming guru...

cgf

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