Gitbash closes immediately, can't sign in to Github

Question

I'm just getting started with GitHub and I'm trying to follow these instructions: https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git

I've downloaded GitBash but when I click on it, the window pops up for a split second and then disappears again. I've tried not using the shortcut, and uninstall/reinstall, but neither helped, and I don't know enough about it to do any additional troubleshooting.

Even if you don't have a solution, some google search terms would be great - I don't know if there's a specific name for this kind of a problem.

Thank you!

Answer 1

I was having a similar problem, and I ended up running Git Bash "as administrator" and that is what fixed it for me.

EDIT: Requiring git bash to run as admin every time breaks git gui. If you don't use git gui, don't worry about this, but I just spent a few hours trying to figure out why my git gui was crashing and I couldn't push my changes upstream. While, running as administrator fixed the issue of my git bash crashing, I don't think it's a suitable long term solution.