Unable to update to 2.20.1 (process system closing required)

[the78mole]

• I was not able to find an open or closed issue matching what I'm seeing

Setup

• Which version of Git for Windows are you using? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?

$ git --version --build-options

git version 2.19.2.windows.1
cpu: x86_64
built from commit: 26dcaa1b6b5fd862db3ec40983e33ff3432f1166
sizeof-long: 4
sizeof-size_t: 8

• Which version of Windows are you running? Vista, 7, 8, 10? Is it 32-bit or 64-bit?

$ cmd.exe /c ver

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.16299.492]

• What options did you set as part of the installation? Or did you choose the
  defaults?

# One of the following:
> type "%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Programs\Git\etc\install-options.txt"
$ cat /etc/install-options.txt

Editor Option: VIM
Custom Editor Path: 
Path Option: Cmd
Plink Path: C:\Program Files\PuTTY\plink.exe
SSH Option: Plink
CURL Option: OpenSSL
CRLF Option: CRLFAlways
Bash Terminal Option: MinTTY
Performance Tweaks FSCache: Enabled
Use Credential Manager: Enabled
Enable Symlinks: Disabled

• Any other interesting things about your environment that might be related
  to the issue you're seeing?

No.

Details

• Which terminal/shell are you running Git from? e.g Bash/CMD/PowerShell/other

Not related to issue...

• What commands did you run to trigger this issue? If you can provide a
  Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example
  this will help us understand the issue.

Update Reminder --> Download and install --> Keep settings, only proceeding with "Next"-Button

• What did you expect to occur after running these commands?

It installs the new Version 2.20.1

• What actually happened instead?

A Install-Wizard step asks to close the PID 4 (system) process, which is not possible (see image attached)

• If the problem was occurring with a specific repository, can you provide the
  URL to that repository to help us with testing?

none

[dscho]

Does this happen even after a reboot? It is really strange that the System process should hold onto any .dll files in C:\Program Files\Git...

[the78mole]

Yes, it also happened while trying to install the previous release. So I just waited for this to come up and tried again. There have been many reboots of my PC between these two releases of git4windows.

[dscho]

You could either manually uninstall Git and then install the newest version, or use a portable Git for now.

[dscho]

(Sorry, I cannot think of any better options to diagnose this.)

[the78mole]

Ok, I'll try. Hope the "git config --global" will all survive...

[dscho]

Hope the "git config --global" will all survive...

That information is stored in your home directory, in the .gitconfig file. And yes, the system installation won't touch those (and likewise, neither the uninstallation).

[dscho]

I guess a manual uninstall fixed things.