7.0.5 is the windows installation. These really should not interfere.
check! Is working correctly. The problem is with cygwin's ImageMagickBe sure your convert is the ImageMagick convert and not the Windows convert.
check! Otherwise convert without -crop wouldn't create an output file.Also be sure your input and output images are in your working directory from which you issued the command line. Be sure you have read and write permissions for those files and the directory and execute permissions to run the command.