Cannot start putty -cygwin, get Unknown network error

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. putty -cygwin -
2.
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What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

I get 'Unable to open connection to - Unknown network error'

PutTTYcyg version: 20071202
Cygwin version: Don't know how to find out. Downloaded within the last 2 weeks.
Windows version: Vista

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Original issue reported on code.google.com by themerry...@gmail.com on 23 Mar 2009 at 2:09

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Try this instead:

putty -cygterm - 

Original comment by medgar123 on 23 Mar 2009 at 12:38

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Sorry -- that is exactly what I was trying, I mis-typed the post. Same thing 
happens
if I select the Cygterm radio button and - in the "Command (use - for login 
shell)"
text box of the Putty Configuration dialog box. Many apologies for the typo.

Original comment by themerry...@gmail.com on 23 Mar 2009 at 2:23

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I am getting this same error now, when I use "putty -cygterm -" .

Any advice?

Rob
:)

Original comment by robertma...@gmail.com on 10 Aug 2009 at 11:06

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I cannot reproduce this.  Can you attach your settings?  From a console:

reg export HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY putty.reg

And attach the resulting putty.reg file.

Original comment by medgar123 on 10 Aug 2009 at 6:34

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Well, thank the Invisible Pink Unicorn, because the issue went away after a 
reboot.

I should note that I installed Cygwin, un-installed it (because I installed it 
to the 
wrong path) then re-installed it. puttycyg worked after the first install, 
didn't work 
straight after the second install but worked after a re-boot.

Rob
:)

Original comment by robertma...@gmail.com on 11 Aug 2009 at 12:05

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Fixed by IPU.

Original comment by medgar123 on 4 Oct 2009 at 9:50

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