title: Cygwin setup.exe hangs during install Windows 8? How should I continue?
body: <p>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 process.  When this happens, the install literally freezes and doesn't budge a "bit."  I've read that this is a somewhat <a href="http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-09/msg00015.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">common problem</a> but like I said, I've never come across it before.</p>
  
  <p>Here's a play-by-play of what I'm doing and where it hangs on me.</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Download the Setup-x86.exe from <a href="http://cygwin.com/install.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://cygwin.com/install.html</a></li>
  <li>Install from Internet</li>
  <li>Use "C:\cygwin" as the default root directory for all users.</li>
  <li>Use "C:\Users\Austin\Downloads" as the default local package directory</li>
  <li>Direct Installation</li>
  <li>Use <a href="http://mirrors.kernel.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://mirrors.kernel.org</a> per <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3597229/help-needed-installing-cygwin-may-be-ini-file-problem">this question</a>.</li>
  <li>I don't specify any additional items for the install (I thought it would best to keep it as simple as possible after running into this problem multiple times.)</li>
  <li>I don't change any of the "Resolving Dependencies" (whatever those are)</li>
  <li>...and everything goes great until a certain package get's tripped up and causes the install to hang.  This is almost always a different package at a different point in the install.  In this instance, it was texinfo-5.2-1.tar.xz and the install was at 94%!  So close!!!</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>So what I'm looking for is how do I help the installer continue from this point?  What do I need to do to go in cygwin and give it the extra motivation it needs to finish the job.</p>
  
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  <p><strong>Work around to the problem above:</strong></p>
  
  <p>So after fiddling with the install a little more, I discovered that if you close the frozen install, and re-execute the setup file, it forces the install past the point where it got snagged the previous time.  For example, after canceling the snagged install at 94% (mentioned above), I ran the setup file again and got to 95% before the install snagged again.  I repeated this setup about 5 times before successfully installing cygwin.</p>
  
  <p>Like I said,  this is just a work around and may be the best/only solution.</p>