Standalone version in zapret-winws folder !! From this folder winws can be started only from cygwin shell. Cygwin refuses to start winws if a copy of cygwin1.dll is present ! How to get win7 and winws compatible version of cygwin : curl -O https://www.cygwin.com/setup-x86_64.exe setup-x86_64.exe --allow-unsupported-windows --no-verify --site http://ctm.crouchingtigerhiddenfruitbat.org/pub/cygwin/circa/64bit/2024/01/30/231215