Re: cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe does not work

On Sat, Apr 18, 2026 at 4:25 PM Vladimir Kurguzov via Cygwin <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello Brian, thank you for the answer.
>
> To participate in this discussion I just sent an email to
> [email protected],
> I use the browser MS Edge Version 109+ 32 bit.
>
> You say:
>
> "Your subject says does not work but your post says cannot download - which
> is it?"
>
> I mean that is a link to download a file that does not work.
>
> "What ISP or org and system are you connected to and/or logged in on for
> these operations?"
>
> It is just an ordinary public ISP for citizens. I am not opening its name
> because of I think it is not important for my problem.
>
> "What are the symptoms and text of any message outputs that leads you to
> believe the operation/s does/do not work?"
>
> The file does start a download process in the browser but when the download
> is about 50 - 100 kb of the whole date it stops and then nothing matters.
> Other types of browser, Firefox for example, return the same situation. I
> cannot do anything more.
>
> "I just downloaded and executed Cygwin Setup a few different ways with no
> problem, and all the files have the same hash and contents as that used for
> my last local upgrade of all Cygwin packages."
>
> I don't know what you are talking about, I just want to know why the file
> from that link is broken for me.
>
> сб, 18 апр. 2026 г. в 11:18, Vladimir Kurguzov <[email protected]>:
>
> > I cannot download the file by this link placed on
> > https://cygwin.com/index.html
> > link: https://cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe
> > What the fuck?
> > I also had tried those online download services:
> > https://thunderbit.com/tool/url-extractor
> > https://onetoolstop.com/any-file-downloader/
> > And they approved that the file is broken.
> >
>
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I just downloaded the setup-x86_64.exe file from Malaysia again, and no
issues were found.

I believe you failed to download because your ISP is blocking access. If
you are from Russia, highly likely that your ISP is filtering files from
outside the country.

As an alternative, you might want to use a VPS in a different country, eg.
from Europe, download the setup-x86_64.exe in that VPS, then later transfer
to your laptop, or use a VPN to connect to a remote location outside your
country.

Thank you.

-- 
Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan

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