How can I associate .sh files with Cygwin?

Question

I\'d like to run a long rsync command in Cygwin by double clicking on a .sh file in Windows. It must start in the file\'s containing directory (e.g. /cygdrive/c/scripts/) so th

Answer 1

After looking around different places. What I have managed to come up with is, first select C:\cygwin64\bin\mintty.exe from the windows "Open with..." dialog Then edit the registry value of

[Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Applications\mintty.exe\shell\open\command]

to,

C:\cygwin64\bin\mintty.exe -t "%1" /bin/bash -l -i -c "v1=\"$(cygpath -u \"%0\" -a)\" && v2=\"$(dirname \"$v1\")\" && cd \"$v2\" ; exec bash  \"%1\" %*"