[framework] Running Framework2 and Framework3 for Windows on the same box

[Bob Davies]

Thanks Jeremy.
hehehe.. I was just about to write an email saying how everything is working
great after copying the cywin1.dll from the MSF3 bin directory to the MSF2
bin directory, when I noticed that when I run msfconsole.bat from
..\framework2\bin, it runs MSF 3! That would explain why it was whining
about the cygwin.dll version in the first place.
I'm wondering if there is some environment variable set during the MSF3
install that is overriding something  in MSF2 and telling it to use the MSF3
path or something?.

BTW, for the most part, I do and prefer to do this stuff in Linux, but I'm
setting up a demon environment where I'm restricted to Windows at the moment
:)  Having them in parallel works fine on my Linux box :)

Thanks again.


On 12/6/06, Jerome Athias <jerome.athias at free.fr> wrote:
>
> This is a possible workaround (maybe not the best!)
>
> Do a search to identify Windows programs that use cygwin1.dll and have
> their own versions of this dll.  Rename their versions as something
> simple (ie cygwin1X.dll) and modify the Windows path to include
> c:\cygwin\bin (default path if you used setup.exe of cygwin), or
> whatever bin directory is off the cygwin root directory.   This prevents
> multiple versions of the cygwin1.dll from running at the same time.
> To get to the Windows path, right click "My Computer" icon, "Properties"
> option, choose "Advanced" tab, then "Environment Variables" button to
> get to the User variables.  Then either define a new variable PATH or
> edit it to include c:\cygwin\bin (directories within the PATH variable
> are separated by semi-colons)..
>
> (Add or set the Windows environment variable HOME  to  c:\ -- this is
> where you wind up when you type cd  at a Cygwin prompt.)
>
> ... you could also use Linux ;-X
>
> good luck
> /JA
>
> Bob Davies a écrit :
> > Hi all :)
> > One other quick question on that note..
> > Are there interdependencies between the various cygwin dll's that
> > might get bunged if I just copy the one cywin1.dll file over, or do I
> > need to copy all of them over from one bin directory to the other?
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Bob
>
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