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I installed TortoiseGIT using TortoisePink as my SSH client. But I later found out that that was not the correct one to use for my purposes. So, I uninstalled TortoiseGIT and tried to re-install, but when I try to re-install it won't bring up the "Pick your ssh client" screen. I checked their website, but this issue is nowhere to be found.

Chris Powell
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    Would http://stackoverflow.com/a/11249914/6309 help? – VonC Nov 30 '12 at 21:26
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    I was able to circumvent this problem by going to the TortoiseGIT settings page. Under "network" I noticed that the "TortoisePink.exe" file was still selected. So, I just changes this to "ssh.exe" without a path and viola! My issue is fixed. I will self answer this question as soon as I'm allowed. – Chris Powell Nov 30 '12 at 21:36
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    Excellent. Pending that, +1 to your question, then :) – VonC Nov 30 '12 at 21:37
  • "Would stackoverflow.com/a/11249914/6309 help?" It does indeed! Thank you. – Chris Powell Nov 30 '12 at 21:53

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TortoiseGIT leaves key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\TortoiseGit in registry after uninstall.

I deleted it and was able to pick SSH client on next install.

VonC
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I was able to circumvent this problem by going to the TortoiseGIT settings page. Under "network" I noticed that the "TortoisePink.exe" file was still selected. So, I just changed this to "ssh.exe" without a path and viola! My issue is fixed.

Chris Powell
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I will add this here as I didn't want to reinstall TortoiseGit just for this and the other solutions did not help.

If you want to switch TortoiseGit to OpenSSH, simply run this at the command prompt:

tortoisegitproc /command:firststart
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