Cygwin creates files with special (shared) icons on windows

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Published on 2012-06-30T16:51:46Z Indexed on 2012/07/01 9:17 UTC
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I use cygwin to transfer files between linux and windows machines. Everytime I transfer a file to a windows machine it adds an extra shared user icon on the file's or folder's icon itself. This also happens if I create a file from cygwin on windows using pretty much any command: echo, vim, nano, cat.

This is what the cygwin-created folders (and files) look like. This is what a normal folder (or file) looks like.

I'm thinking it has to do with permission, because I'd have to chmod it everytime if I want other applications to access the files or folders on windows.

How can I tell cygwin to create regular ol' files just like a user or any program would?

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