Opened 15 years ago
Closed 15 years ago
#478 closed defect (duplicate)
MSYS Console fails to start when installed in Windows at a path with spaces.
| Reported by: | pavloskatsonis | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | blocker | Milestone: | 6.3.1 |
| Component: | Default | Version: | 6.3.0 RCs |
| Keywords: | MSYS console, wingrass | Cc: | |
| CPU: | x86-64 | Platform: | MSWindows 2K |
Description
The MSYS Console fails to start when installed in Windows in a directory whose path contains spaces, with the error message: "It's not possible to find file "C:\Program"....." (approximate translation).
Change History (2)
comment:1 by , 15 years ago
comment:2 by , 15 years ago
| Keywords: | wingrass added |
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| Resolution: | → duplicate |
| Status: | new → closed |
Hi,
The MSys developers have indicated that installing it in "Program Files" is not (and will not be) supported. Sorry.
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=102435&aid=1511614&group_id=2435
closing this bug as a duplicate of #629. see there for further discussion.
Hamish
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is this still the case with the latest 6.4.0rc4 stand-alone installer?
Hamish