Cygwin not executing .bashrc after Heroku Toolbelt Windows install

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After installing Heroku Toolbelt, Cygwin is no longer executing .bashrc How do I fix this?

This heroku/toolbelt issue on github Creates/overwrites ENV['HOME'] on Windows, which breaks Cygwin says to 

 Renaming HOME to %USERPROFILE% evidently fixes this

My HOME System Properties Variable is already named %USERPROFILE%.

Being a noobie I focused on a PATH issue. I began changing my System Path Variable to include the .bashrc PATH

C:\cygwin\home\usermatt

I then tried various system PATH variables, one at a time, restarting my machine each time:

C:\cygdrive\c\home\usermatt\
C:\home\usermatt\
C:\cygwin\c\home\usermatt\

Cygwin's pwd on startup is /cygdrive/c/Users/usermatt. I tried moving .bashrc here without success.

The Cygwin FAQs and the comments in the file itself warn of problems after editing the etc/profile file and I did not try this.

All was well before installing Heroku Toolbelt. How can I get Cygwin to find the .bashrc file?

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1 Answers

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According to the link you provided:

you need to remove the HOME environment variable from the system properties. Look how to set/remove variables from Windows permanently.

This will depend on your Windows OS, but in general:

  1. Right click on your "Computer" and select Properties
  2. Click on "Advanced System Settings"
  3. Click on "Environment Variables..."
  4. Find and delete the Home variable
  5. OK your way out and try Cygwin again