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
