disappearing ld.exe

[François-Xavier Coudert]

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> I also wrote my own archiving program some years ago that
> I called ar.exe ( Glorious Ar ! ) and that played havoc because
> Windows has an ar.exe

Well, the gfortran binaries should also come with an ar.exe (and an
as.exe; both are in the same directory as ld.exe). Do they also
disappear?

And, finally, I don't think there is a ld.exe on Windows (unless you
have another compiler installed), neither can I see how it could play
a role.

> I have Iolo's System Mechanic 7 Pro running, and it is a possible candidate.

That seems more likely to me: if you disable it, does that fix the
problem? If you look into its logs, is there any mention of ld.exe?

> I suppose the next thing to do is to quit being stubborn and install in Program Files.

I believe that shouldn't make any difference.

FX