"Git GUI" context menu entry for Windows 7 64 bit

Question

Git for Windows doesn't seem to support the extra context menu entries for "Git GUI Here" (or "Git Bash Here") when running on 64-bit systems. Is there some other way I can get an entry for "Git GUI" to show up in the context menu so that it will open the commit interface with the current folder selected?

Edit

I saw the installer option and made sure it was checked, even reinstalled a few times. Also removed TortoiseGit and restarted the computer, but nothing seems to help. From what I could find online I got the impression you have to mess around with building and modifying msysgit yourself to get the context entries to work on 64-bit systems, which I'm not keen on doing.

Solution 1

You can just type: regsvr32 "%PROGRAMFILES%\git\git-cheetah\git_shell_ext64.dll" in a console window (or use Win+R).

Solution 2

Well I found a program called Open++ which lets you create custom context menu entries. Configure like so:

and then you can access in the Open++ submenu:

It's not quite as nice since it's in a submenu and it's always shown rather than only when you're in a repository, but it's better than having to choose your repository every time you start the gui.

Solution 3

I had the same problem. After installing msysgit not in the normal program directory, everything works fine.

Solution 4

I have Git for Windows 1.7.6 installed on my 64-bit Windows 7 system, and the context menu entries work fine for me. It is an option in the installer.

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Comments

[Brad Mace]

Yeah I saw that option but it doesn't seem to do anything for me. I added more details to the question.

[Michael Cook]

Did you mean regsvr32 -u?

[rogerdpack]

for me I had to use PROGRAMFILES(X86) but the basic principle did work, thanks!

[Breit]

@cadmium: No, I meant 'regsvr32' without the '-u', because the shell extension should be registered and not unregistered.