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Unable to install latest git version. Claims git process pid running

From
David Brown <david@davidwbrown.name>
Date
Dec 20, 2018, 20:03 UTC
Message-ID
<d2bb51d06b263f5a4d60256e5c2ff33c@davidwbrown.name>
  - [ ] I was not able to find an 
[open](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues?q=is%3Aopen) or 
[closed](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues?q=is%3Aclosed) 
issue matching what I'm seeing
### Setup
  - Which version of Git for Windows are you using? Is it 32-bit or 
64-bit?
$ git --version --build-options

git version 2.20.0.windows.1 cpu: x86_64 built from commit: 95155834166f64fe9666f2c0a4909f076080893a sizeof-long: 4 sizeof-size_t: 8 **

  - Which version of Windows are you running? Vista, 7, 8, 10? Is it 
32-bit or 64-bit?
$ cmd.exe /c ver
** Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] **
  - What options did you set as part of the installation? Or did you 
choose the
    defaults?
# One of the following:
$ cat /etc/install-options.txt Editor Option: VIM Custom Editor Path:
Path Option: BashOnly
SSH Option: OpenSSH
CURL Option: WinSSL
CRLF Option: CRLFAlways
Bash Terminal Option: MinTTY
Performance Tweaks
FSCache: Enabled
Use Credential Manager: Enabled
Enable Symlinks: Disabled
  - Any other interesting things about your environment that might be 
related
    to the issue you're seeing?
** A so-called VDI running on a Dell WYSE **
### Details
  - Which terminal/shell are you running Git from? e.g 
Bash/CMD/PowerShell/other
** Bash **
  - What commands did you run to trigger this issue? If you can provide a
    [Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable 
example](http://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve)
    this will help us understand the issue.
** Windows git upgrade dialog **
  - What did you expect to occur after running these commands?
** latest version of git installed **
  - What actually happened instead?
** No such pid 10128 to close therefore cancel install **
  - If the probleminsert URL herey, can you provide the
    URL to that repository to help us with testing?
** Internal company url. Windows git install dialog is issue **
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  1. David BrownDec 20, 2018
  2. Johannes SchindelinDec 21, 2018
  3. David BrownDec 21, 2018
  4. Johannes SchindelinDec 24, 2018

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