Re: Problems installing git-for-windows

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+cc Johannes

IIUC Git-for-Windows specific issues are handled in
https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues
instead of this mailing list.

On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 4:44 AM, Peter Toye <git@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just downloaded git-for-windows. It uninstalled an earlier
> version that I had (about 5 years old) and I got some problems.
>
> 1)  It wanted to install into my User directory instead of the
> Program Files directory, which is the best place for all programs.
> The installer told me that this had access right problems, so I
> installed it into another directory. It seemed to go OK.
>
> 2)  However,  the  icons  on  the desktop pointed to the place that my
> previous installation had been ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Git ) - that's
> where I'd have hoped that the new installation would go!
>
> 3)  I  uninstalled it to see if a cleaner installatoin would work, and
> the  GIT-GUI icon didn't disappear  from the desktop - minor bug I
> suspect.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter
>  mailto:git@xxxxxxxxx
>  www.ptoye.com
>
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