Installing Cygwin on Windows XP without having the admin rights?

Solution 1:

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.

Solution 2:

Run the installer with the -B command line option:

setup.exe -B

( From https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6538695/manual-cygwin-installation-without-using-setup-exe/20145855#20145855 , see also http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#faq.setup.cli )

Solution 3:

In the Command Prompt type:

setup-x86.exe --no-admin

In my case the set up file name is setup-x86.exe

Solution 4:

I think so.

Not being awkward, but, it is simple to try and it will have no negative consequences if you can't.

If for some reason you can't, take a look at this earlier answer - https://superuser.com/questions/229329/gnu-tools-for-windows/229414#229414

You will be able to use some of the features of cygwin without doing an install.