{"thread":{"id":"40503","subject":"Unable to get GIT GUI to start on Windows XP - Git-1.9.4-preview20140929","startedAt":"2015-10-06T13:49:29Z","lastAt":"2015-10-06T14:40:25Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Mr Tava Ithia","Johannes Schindelin"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"271230","messageId":"loom.20151006T154739-494@post.gmane.org","threadId":"40503","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Unable to get GIT GUI to start on Windows XP - Git-1.9.4-preview20140929","fromName":"Mr Tava Ithia","fromEmail":"tava.ithia@rbs.co.uk","sentAt":"2015-10-06T13:49:29Z","receivedAt":"2015-10-06T13:49:29Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"tava.ithia@rbs.co.uk","avatar":null},"body":"Dear Support\n\nCan you please assist me, as I've got this issue starting up GIT GUI on \nWindows XP, Service Pack 3\n\nWhenever I try to start-up GIT GUI, I get the following error \nmessage \"Error in startup script\", please see below.\n\nError in startup script\n\nunable to open key: The system cannot find the file specified.\n  while executing\n\"registry values $key \"LocaleName\"\"\n  (procedure \"mgcat::Init\" line 50)\n  invoked from within\n\"msgcat::Init\"\n (file \"C:/Program Files/The Git Development \nCommunity/Git/lib/tcl8/8.5/msgcat-1.5.0.tm\" line 603)\n invoked from within\n\"source -encoding utf-8 {C:/Program Files/The Git Development \nCommunity/Git/lib/tcl8/8.5/msgcat-1.5.0.tm}\"\n (\"package ifneeded msgcat 1.5.0\" script)\n invoked from within\n\"package require msgcat\"\n (file \"C:/Program Files/The Git Development Community/Git/libexec/git-\ncore/git-gui.tcl\" line 94)\n invoked from within\n\"source [file join [file dirname [info script]] git-gui.tcl]\"\n (file \"C;\\Program Files\\The Git Development Community\\Git\\libexec\\git-\ncore\\git2 line 25)\n\nGit Release Notes (Git-1.9.4-preview20140929)\nLast update: 29 September 2014\n\nI've been searching the web forums for weeks now and speaking to other \nmembers of my team, but know one has been able to find the solution.\n\nAny assistance you can give me would be very much appreciated.\n\nKind regards\n\nTava Ithia \n"},{"id":"271233","messageId":"7871f01611154f5bac2dba40df7b422a@dscho.org","threadId":"40503","inReplyTo":"loom.20151006T154739-494@post.gmane.org","subject":"Re: Unable to get GIT GUI to start on Windows XP - Git-1.9.4-preview20140929","fromName":"Johannes Schindelin","fromEmail":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","sentAt":"2015-10-06T14:40:25Z","receivedAt":"2015-10-06T14:40:25Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/127790?v=4"},"body":"Hi Mr Ithia,\n\nOn 2015-10-06 15:49, Mr Tava Ithia wrote:\n> Dear Support\n\nNot quite... This is an Open Source project, not a paid-for support ;-)\n\n> Can you please assist me, as I've got this issue starting up GIT GUI on \n> Windows XP, Service Pack 3\n\nHave you tried the current Git for Windows version? As of yesterday, it is 2.6.1: https://git-for-windows.github.io/#dowload\n\nCiao,\nJohannes\n"}]}