RE: getting fatal error trying to open git gui

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No, it was a fresh install.  Plus file search reveals only one copy of the file.

I also noticed that I cannot use the file properties to run as administrator. I must right-click on Git GUI and select "More >> Run as administrator" in the start menu. Even though I have "run as administrator" checked on both shortcut and the program (or any combo of).

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 2:53 PM
To: Briggs, John <JOHN.BRIGGS@xxxxxxx>
Cc: git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; git-for-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: getting fatal error trying to open git gui

Briggs, John wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder wrote:
>> Briggs, John wrote:

>>> I just installed git for windows 10 and am getting "git-gui: fatal 
>>> error" "Cannot parse Git version string.
>>>
>>> When I execute "git version" in the command prompt I get Git version
>>> 2.16.2.windows.1
>>>
>>> Everything else seems to be working. How can I get the gui to work?
>>
>> That's strange indeed.  Why is Git capitalized when you run "git version"?
>
> Got it figured out. Git gui must be ran as administrator.

Hm, that leaves me even more mystified.

Before v1.7.4-rc0~155^2~4 (git-gui: generic version trimming, 2010-10-07), git-gui was not able to handle "git version" output like "git version 2.16.2.windows.1", but since then, it should have been able to cope fine with it.

I wonder: do you have multiple versions of git gui installed?

Thanks,
Jonathan




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