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

I want to share my solution which worked. BTW, I tried all the solutions listed here and could not solve.

• Open Task Manager
• Kill any dash.exe or bash.exe
• Run Cygwin installation.
• Make sure to use default install path. Somehow changing it did not work for me.
• Get to the first stuck point
• When it is stuck at *.dash, kill dash.exe
• When it is stuck otherwise, kill bash.exe
• Then it will lead to successful setup.