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Subject:	RFE: .\setup-x86_64.exe --uninstall <path> / Re: Uninstalling Cygwin
	properly (.\setup.exe --uninstall ?)?
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From:	Cedric Blancher via Cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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On Fri, 23 May 2025 at 19:42, Adam Dinwoodie via Cygwin
<cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 23 May 2025 at 14:47, Mark Liam Brown via Cygwin wrote:
> > What is the official procedure to uninstall Cygwin properly? Just
> > deleting C:\cygwin64 from Explorer yields lots of "malformed ACL
> > warnings", and the registry still contains traces of Cygwin64
>
> Uninstallation instructions are in the FAQ at
> https://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.setup.uninstall-all
>
> The ACL warnings can be safely ignored if you're deleting the
> directory anyway. The reason for them is covered in the documentation
> at https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-files

IMO an automated way in setup-x86_64.exe to uninstall a Cygwin
installation in a given path would help a lot, e.g. setup-x86_64.exe
--uninstalll <path>
The <path> argument would help with multiple or per-user Cygwin installations

Ced
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