"XWin" alone will show the window as well as the console that opens with it. Passing a parameter like "run XWin -nodecoration" does have the expected effect of showing the XWin window but hiding the console. But why isn't the main window displayed if the parameter is missing when the command is used with run ?
cygcheck output below.
Thanks,
Paul
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Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Sun Aug 08 19:06:15 2004
Windows XP Professional Ver 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1
Path: C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools\ C:\Perl\bin\ C:\WINDOWS\system32 C:\WINDOWS C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adaptec Shared\System C:\Program Files\Resource Kit C:\Program Files\Support Tools\ C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\ C:\Program Files\Subversion\bin c:\Program Files\vim\vim62\ c:\Program Files\vim\vim62 c:\cygwin\bin c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin c:\bin
Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (nontsec) UID: 1007(pr) GID: 513(None) 513(None)
Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (ntsec) UID: 1007(pr) GID: 513(None) 513(None) 547(Power Users) 555(Remote Desktop Users) 545(Users) 1004(Debugger Users)
SysDir: C:\WINDOWS\System32 WinDir: C:\WINDOWS
Path = `C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools\;C:\Perl\bin\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adaptec Shared\System;C:\Program Files\Resource Kit;C:\Program Files\Support Tools\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\80\Tools\Binn\;C:\Program Files\Subversion\bin;c:\Program Files\vim\vim62\;c:\Program Files\vim\vim62;c:\cygwin\bin;c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin;c:\bin'
Use `-r' to scan registry
a: fd N/A N/A c: hd NTFS 38107Mb 55% CP CS UN PA FC d: cd N/A N/A e: cd CDFS 0Mb -2147483548% CS Audio CD f: hd NTFS 39997Mb 22% CP CS UN PA FC F g: hd NTFS 37997Mb 46% CP CS UN PA FC G h: hd NTFS 36475Mb 56% CP CS UN PA FC H m: cd N/A N/A n: cd N/A N/A
C:\cygwin / system binmode
c: /c system binmode
C:\cygwin/bin /usr/bin system binmode
C:\cygwin/lib /usr/lib system binmode
C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\fonts /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts system binmode
. /cygdrive system binmode,cygdrive
Found: c:\cygwin\bin\awk.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\cp.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\cpp.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\find.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\gdb.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\grep.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\ld.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\make.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\mv.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\rm.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\sed.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe Found: c:\cygwin\bin\tar.exe
61k 2003/08/09 c:\cygwin\bin\cygbz2-1.dll 7k 2003/10/19 c:\cygwin\bin\cygcrypt-0.dll 841k 2004/03/17 c:\cygwin\bin\cygcrypto-0.9.7.dll 22k 2004/02/10 c:\cygwin\bin\cygcygipc-2.dll 831k 2003/09/20 c:\cygwin\bin\cygdb-4.1.dll 895k 2004/04/28 c:\cygwin\bin\cygdb-4.2.dll 1080k 2003/09/20 c:\cygwin\bin\cygdb_cxx-4.1.dll 1156k 2004/04/28 c:\cygwin\bin\cygdb_cxx-4.2.dll 155k 2004/01/07 c:\cygwin\bin\cygexpat-0.dll 129k 2004/03/11 c:\cygwin\bin\cygfontconfig-1.dll 45k 2001/04/25 c:\cygwin\bin\cygform5.dll 35k 2002/01/09 c:\cygwin\bin\cygform6.dll 48k 2003/08/09 c:\cygwin\bin\cygform7.dll 361k 2003/10/25 c:\cygwin\bin\cygfreetype-6.dll 28k 2003/07/20 c:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm-3.dll 30k 2003/08/11 c:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm-4.dll 19k 2003/03/22 c:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm.dll 15k 2003/07/20 c:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm_compat-3.dll 15k 2003/08/11 c:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm_compat-4.dll 107k 2004/07/06 c:\cygwin\bin\cyggettextlib-0-14-1.dll 17k 2004/07/06 c:\cygwin\bin\cyggettextpo-0.dll 190k 2004/07/06 c:\cygwin\bin\cyggettextsrc-0-14-1.dll 479k 2004/06/17 c:\cygwin\bin\cygglib-2.0-0.dll 13k 2004/06/17 c:\cygwin\bin\cyggmodule-2.0-0.dll 213k 2004/06/17 c:\cygwin\bin\cyggobject-2.0-0.dll 15k 2004/06/17 c:\cygwin\bin\cyggthread-2.0-0.dll 17k 2001/06/28 c:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory4.dll 29k 2003/08/10 c:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory5.dll 991k 2004/07/06 c:\cygwin\bin\cygiconv-2.dll 22k 2001/12/13 c:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-1.dll 37k 2003/08/10 c:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-2.dll 54k 2004/07/06 c:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-3.dll 21k 2001/06/20 c:\cygwin\bin\cygintl.dll 48k 2003/08/10 c:\cygwin\bin\cygjbig1.dll 132k 2003/08/11 c:\cygwin\bin\cygjpeg-62.dll 119k 2002/02/09 c:\cygwin\bin\cygjpeg6b.dll 40k 2004/07/07 c:\cygwin\bin\cygltdl-3.dll 369k 2004/07/18 c:\cygwin\bin\cygMagick++-6.dll 3181k 2004/07/18 c:\cygwin\bin\cygMagick-6.dll 26k 2001/04/25 c:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu5.dll 20k 2002/01/09 c:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu6.dll 29k 2003/08/09 c:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu7.dll 15k 2003/11/20 c:\cygwin\bin\cygminires.dll 156k 2001/04/25 c:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++5.dll 175k 2002/01/09 c:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++6.dll 226k 2001/04/25 c:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses5.dll 202k 2002/01/09 c:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses6.dll 224k 2003/08/09 c:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses7.dll 15k 2001/04/25 c:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel5.dll 12k 2002/01/09 c:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel6.dll 19k 2003/08/09 c:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel7.dll 62k 2003/12/11 c:\cygwin\bin\cygpcre-0.dll 63k 2003/04/11 c:\cygwin\bin\cygpcre.dll 9k 2003/12/11 c:\cygwin\bin\cygpcreposix-0.dll 61k 2003/04/11 c:\cygwin\bin\cygpcreposix.dll 1049k 2003/11/07 c:\cygwin\bin\cygperl5_8_2.dll 173k 2003/08/10 c:\cygwin\bin\cygpng12.dll 22k 2002/06/09 c:\cygwin\bin\cygpopt-0.dll 108k 2001/06/28 c:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline4.dll 148k 2003/08/10 c:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline5.dll 171k 2004/03/17 c:\cygwin\bin\cygssl-0.9.7.dll 281k 2003/02/24 c:\cygwin\bin\cygtiff3.dll 282k 2003/08/11 c:\cygwin\bin\cygtiff4.dll 27k 2004/03/05 c:\cygwin\bin\cygungif-4.dll 154k 2004/07/18 c:\cygwin\bin\cygWand-6.dll 1180k 2004/05/13 c:\cygwin\bin\cygxml2-2.dll 61k 2003/12/04 c:\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll 1126k 2004/05/26 c:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll Cygwin DLL version info: DLL version: 1.5.10 DLL epoch: 19 DLL bad signal mask: 19005 DLL old termios: 5 DLL malloc env: 28 API major: 0 API minor: 116 Shared data: 4 DLL identifier: cygwin1 Mount registry: 2 Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions Cygwin registry name: Cygwin Program options name: Program Options Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2 Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix Cygdrive default prefix: Build date: Tue May 25 22:07:00 EDT 2004 CVS tag: cr-0x5e6 Shared id: cygwin1S4
237k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygdps-1.dll 25k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygdpstk-1.dll 28k 2004/03/31 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygDtPrint-1.dll 21k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygfontenc-1.dll 282k 2003/10/28 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygfreetype-9.dll 36k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygFS-6.dll 431k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygGL-1.dll 437k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygGLU-1.dll 74k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygICE-6.dll 77k 2004/03/31 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygMrm-2.dll 9k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygoldX-6.dll 1250k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygOSMesa-4.dll 20k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygpsres-1.dll 30k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygSM-6.dll 66k 2004/03/31 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygUil-2.dll 869k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygX11-6.dll 253k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygXaw-6.dll 355k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygXaw-7.dll 275k 2004/01/13 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygXaw3d-7.dll 30k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygXcursor-1.dll 49k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygXext-6.dll 7k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygXfontcache-1.dll 56k 2004/03/11 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygXft-1.dll 63k 2004/03/23 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygXft-2.dll 27k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygXi-6.dll 124k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygxkbfile-1.dll 12k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygxkbui-1.dll 1294k 2004/03/31 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygXm-2.dll 459k 2004/02/10 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygXmHTML-0.dll 76k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygXmu-6.dll 11k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygXmuu-1.dll 26k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygXp-6.dll 51k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygXpm-4.dll 11k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygXrandr-2.dll 27k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygXrender-1.dll 8k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygXRes-1.dll 282k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygXt-6.dll 27k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygXTrap-6.dll 17k 2004/07/15 c:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\cygXtst-6.dll
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