Baffled: is it Cygwin (64-bits) or Windows that causes the invocation of regedit (from bash) to fail?

Sat May 10 14:11:00 GMT 2014

Houder wrote:
> Hi,
>> At my place I have installed both versions of Cygwin (i.e. 32-bits and 64-bits) -- of course,
> in different places. As "some" of you will have the "same" setup, I would like you to confirm
> the following (UNexpected, to me) result:
>> - I canNOT invoke regedit from 64-bits bash (Yes, I can if bash has been invoked in ELEVATED mode)
> - I can invoke regedit from 64-bits bash (not elevated) as follows: cygstart regedit
> - however, I can invoke regedit from 32-bits bash (not elevated) ...
> - likewise, I can invoke regedit from 64-bits cmd (not elevated) ...
>> By UNexpected result I mean: I cannot explain why I canNOT invoke regedit from 64-bits bash ...
[snip]
> E:\Cygwin64\bin\bash: /drv/c/WINDOWS/regedit: Permission denied

I can not duplicate your behavior. I can not invoke regedit from any 
non-elevated bash prompt, regardless of whether it is 32-bit or 64-bit. 
I get the above error in both cases.
-- 
Chris J. Breisch
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