Re: Problem installing Git (followup)

From: Phil Martel <pomartel@comcast.net>
Date: Nov 23, 2017, 23:44 UTC
Message-ID: <5d95405e-7c95-88b2-2481-bb7990c5b8b5@comcast.net>
In-Reply-To: <f30c4350-500a-44e8-27ee-7d5ae49903c4@gmail.com>

Hi Buga,

That solved my problem. I apparently had enough cruft left over from a hard disk issue for Windows to think I still had a copy of Git installed. when I got rid of it, the new version installed with no problems.

Thanks again,

--Phil Martel

On 11/23/2017 4:30 PM, Igor Djordjevic wrote:

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> [ +Cc:  Git for Windows mailing list ]
>
> Hi Phil,
>
> On 23/11/2017 19:51, Phil Martel wrote:
>> I'm trying to install Git-2.15.0-64-bit.exe onto my Windows 10
>> machine.  When I run this installer program no matter what options I
>> try or whether I run as administrator it ends up with an error box
>> saying "The drive or UNC share you selected does not exist or is not
>> accessible. Please select another".  I do not see any way of
>> selecting a drive.  Any suggestions?
>  From what I could Google around, this seems to be (Inno Setup?)
> installation related issue...?
>
> Do you already have "Git for Windows" installed? If so, does it work
> if you try uninstalling it first?
>
> Regards, Buga
>
> p.s. Note the existence of "Git for Windows"[1] specific mailing list
> as well, where this issue might belong better.
>
> [1] git-for-windows@googlegroups.com