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...te my goal in case there is a pre-canned solution that does what I want (which would avoid the effort of figuring out the error...): I want to invoke the rsync *client* (but NOT the server) to make a local copy from one windows drive to another. Ie. rysnc -ax /cygdrive/c/path/sourcedir /cygdrive/e/mirrorofsourcedir I want to do this *without* "installing" a Windows package, and without "registering a Windows service". Ideally, I want to put the rsync.exe and cygwin.dll on the USB drive, so that I can give this to a completely tech illeterate friend and say, "Plug this thumb drive in...