Cygwin setup.exe hangs during install Windows 8? How should I continue?

Question

So I have used Cygwin on and off for the past few years and I\'ve installed it a handful of times. However, I\'ve never experienced the install hanging during the install proce

Answer 1

Something that also worked for me, suggested from the cygwin mailing list, was doing a full rebase as follows:

1. Run /usr/bin/rebase-trigger full on the cygwin terminal
2. Reboot and terminate any cygwin-related processes and services
3. Run the the setup again