"Git bash here" and "Git GUI here" not working on Windows 10

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Captain Whippet picture Captain Whippet · Aug 23, 2018 · Viewed 9.1k times · Source

I just installed Git for Window version 2.18.0 64-bit on a new Windows 10 machine (Win 10 Enterprise).

When I right-click in explorer and choose 'Git Bash Here' or 'Git Gui Here' I see an 'Application Not Found' error pop up.

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Update

I found this answer which nearly helped me find the problem and the solution.

With regedit I was able to see that the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Directory\shell\git_shell\command was pointing to my user folder, instead of the actual location of git:

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For "Git Bash Here", I changed the value to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\git-bash.exe" "--cd=%1"

Similarly for "Git GUI here", I changed the value for the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Directory\shell\git_gui\command to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\cmd\git-gui.exe" "--working-dir" "%1"

However, I still see the 'Application Not Found' error. Any ideas how to fix this?

Answer

ASHWANI PANDEY picture ASHWANI PANDEY · May 29, 2019

Delete following entries With regedit from Run Menu:

  1. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Directory\shell\git_shell
  2. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Directory\shell\git_gui

After this Reinstall application it will come .

It works for me.

Alternate option is also http://www.hoverdroids.com/errors/git/git-gui-here-and-git-bash-here-doesnt-work-resolved/

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