Charles Wilson wrote: > Andrew DeFaria wrote: >>>> Why would DLLs need execute? >>>> because otherwise windows will refuse to load them, and the application > you just launched which needs that DLL will fail with an ugly message > about "Failed to initialize: 0xc0000005". >Really? I did not know that! -- Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com> All generalizations are false -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple