I just read about cygwin and decided to give it a go.. Installed the 64-bit version on Windows 8.1 with default settings but as soon as I click the Desktop Icon it opens a shell but it immediately closes.. like a glimpse .. I believe that should be Mintty. The path on the shortcut is the following : D:\cygwin\bin\mintty.exe -l /Cygwin-Terminal.ico - any ideas on how to fix this odd issue ? -- 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