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Unable to read askpass response from ask-pass-trampoline.bat

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Description

Attempting to push commits to my GitHub using the Desktop client results in this message:

The system cannot find the path specified.
error: unable to read askpass response from 'C:\Users\Alca\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\static\ask-pass-trampoline.bat'
fatal: could not read Username for 'https://github.com': terminal prompts disabled

No changes occur.

Similar issue as #1916.

Version

GitHub Desktop version: 0.8.0

OS version: Windows 7 (6.1.7601 SP1)

Steps to Reproduce

Make a commit.
Push the commit.
Error message pops up.

Expected behavior: The commit should be pushed.

Actual behavior: The aforementioned error message pops up.

Reproduces how often: 100% of the time.

Logs

2017-09-06T06:15:40.333Z - error: [ui] `git -c credential.helper= push origin master:master --progress` exited with an unexpected code: 128.
The system cannot find the path specified.
error: unable to read askpass response from 'C:\Users\Alca\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-0.8.0\resources\app\static\ask-pass-trampoline.bat'
fatal: could not read Username for 'https://github.com': terminal prompts disabled

Additional Information

The file at that location most definitely does exist. It has persisted through multiple versions of Desktop.

I’ve tried commenting out core.askpass=git-gui--askpass from my git config.

Issue created by request of Stacey Burns @staceb

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 6 years ago
Comments:69 (26 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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Reldeycommented, Aug 12, 2020

Just wanted to comment that a previous installation of Miniconda had created an AutoRun key at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor
(Another user has stated Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Command Processor was where it was located for them. It may be different depending on how Miniconda was installed. Deleting the key fixed this problem for me.

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jbtulecommented, Oct 4, 2017

For myself. I’ve solved it, it was not github desktop. Another program had added something stupid to the registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor\autorun