From: gitinvi Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 3:19 AM
> I am just trying to uninstall git installed from > msysGit-fullinstall-1.7.9-preview20120201.exe full-installer. > Is is at least possible? This installed fucked up my registry and I can't > even find an uninstaller.
The wrong technical term perhaps?
> Does someone has an idea how to uninstall Git on Windows?
The trick is to install a different version and then use its uninstaller. There was a mistake in that particular build. There have been a number of previous posts on the issue. http://groups.google.com/group/msysgit?hl=en_US?hl=en
>> I am just trying to uninstall git installed from >> msysGit-fullinstall-1.7.9-preview20120201.exe full-installer.
>> Is is at least possible? This installed fucked up my registry and I >> can't even find an uninstaller.
> The wrong technical term perhaps?
>> Does someone has an idea how to uninstall Git on Windows?
> The trick is to install a different version and then use its > uninstaller. There was a mistake in that particular build. > There have been a number of previous posts on the issue. > http://groups.google.com/group/msysgit?hl=en_US?hl=en
Note that the OP is talking about msysGit, not Git for Windows, and Philip's suggestion only applies to the latter.
The msysGit "installer" actually is a self-extracting archive, and as such, does not have an uninstaller. To uninstall it, simply delete the installation folder.
Having said that, AFAIK msysGit does not tamper with your Registry at all, so it's pretty unlikely that msysGit corrupted it.
On Sat, 7 Apr 2012, Sebastian Schuberth wrote: > AFAIK msysGit does not tamper with your Registry at all, so it's pretty > unlikely that msysGit corrupted it.
Correct. Unless you call add-shortcuts, there is nothing in the registry that gets changed.
