Git: Failed to erase credential: Element not found

Question

I\'m trying to set up Git on a fresh machine, and I\'m having trouble authenticating with my remote repository.

I have limited experience with Git, but I have succes

Answer 1

I´m using GitExtension 2.46 (including msysgit 1.8.3) and I encountered the same problem. Also reverting the installation of GitExtension 2.44 (with msysgit 1.8.1.2) doesn´t solve the problem.

After some testing I came to the conclusion that my password is the problem, cause the latest release of the git-credential-winstore.exe fixes an issue with "=" in passwords.

My password does not contain any =, but it contains a " and §. So my first thought was to update the installed version of git-credential-winstore.exe to the latest Version 1.2. I updated the file manually and tried it again, but with no success.

Finally i have changed my password to not include any special characters and now it works.