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diff --git a/scripts/core/functions.sh b/scripts/core/functions.sh
index dee26d6b..189dac01 100644
--- a/scripts/core/functions.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/functions.sh
@@ -478,15 +478,22 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
     fi
 
     # prevent permission foul-ups.
-    chown -R "$(logname):$(logname)" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK"/* "$FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED_STORE"/*
+#hmmm: save error output here instead of muting it.
+#hmmm: better yet actually, just don't complain on freaking cygwin, since that's where this happens
+    chown -R "$(logname):$(logname)" \
+        "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK"/* "$FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED_STORE"/* 2>/dev/null
+    test_or_continue "chowning to $(logname) didn't happen."
 
     regenerate >/dev/null
     pushd "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom" &>/dev/null
     incongruous_files="$(bash "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/list_non_dupes.sh" "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom")"
 
-    local fail_message="\nare the perl dependencies installed?  if you're on ubuntu or debian, try this:\n
-    $(grep "apt.*perl" $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/readme.txt)\n"
-    
+    local fail_message="\n
+are the perl dependencies installed?  if you're on ubuntu or debian, try this:\n
+    $(grep "apt-get.*perl" $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/readme.txt)\n
+or if you're on cygwin, then try this (if apt-cyg is available):\n
+    $(grep "apt-cyg.*perl" $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/readme.txt)\n";
+
     #echo "the incongruous files list is: $incongruous_files"
     # disallow a single character result, since we get "*" as result when nothing exists yet.
     if [ ${#incongruous_files} -ge 2 ]; then
@@ -510,7 +517,9 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
     regenerate
 
     # prevent permission foul-ups, again.
-    chown -R "$(logname):$(logname)" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK" "$FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED_STORE"
+    chown -R "$(logname):$(logname)" \
+        "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK" "$FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED_STORE" 2>/dev/null
+    test_or_continue "chowning to $(logname) didn't happen."
 
     restore_terminal_title
   }
@@ -868,7 +877,7 @@ return 0
 #var filename seeker numlines 
 
     # make a backup first, oy.
-    \cp -f "$filename" "$filename.bkup-${RANDOM}" 
+    \cp -f "$filename" "/tmp/$(basename ${filename}).bkup-${RANDOM}" 
     test_or_die "backing up file: $filename"
 
     # make a temp file to write to before we move file into place in bind.