thanks, it works now. ain Ralf Habacker wrote: >>KDE2 applications give an error message when starting KDE2: >>'The dynamic link library cygpcreposix.dll could not be found.... etc.' >>I've installed KDE2 from binary packages (a2). Xfree is 4.2.0, cygwin 1.3.9, >>w2k pro sp2. >>I believe, I've missed a package, but which one...? >> > >pcre - this is distributed with cygwin > > >>ain >>