receive Permission denied when running wt command line from git bash #11915

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opened 2026-01-31 03:00:55 +00:00 by claunia · 4 comments
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Originally created by @zivni on GitHub (Dec 29, 2020).

trying to run wt command line tool in git bush will result in Permission denied

$ wt
bash: /c/Users/myuser/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps/wt: Permission denied
Originally created by @zivni on GitHub (Dec 29, 2020). trying to run wt command line tool in git bush will result in Permission denied ``` $ wt bash: /c/Users/myuser/AppData/Local/Microsoft/WindowsApps/wt: Permission denied ```
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@KalleOlaviNiemitalo commented on GitHub (Dec 29, 2020):

Might be a duplicate of https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/4765, which was redirected to https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4969.

Oops, no, those are for WSL, which you aren't using.

@KalleOlaviNiemitalo commented on GitHub (Dec 29, 2020): ~~Might be a duplicate of <https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/4765>, which was redirected to <https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4969>.~~ Oops, no, those are for WSL, which you aren't using.
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@KalleOlaviNiemitalo commented on GitHub (Dec 29, 2020):

Might be https://github.com/msys2/MSYS2-packages/issues/1943 and https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/2675, instead.

@KalleOlaviNiemitalo commented on GitHub (Dec 29, 2020): Might be <https://github.com/msys2/MSYS2-packages/issues/1943> and <https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/2675>, instead.
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Dec 29, 2020):

Yes, this is a bug in the msys/cygwin runtime. Thanks @KalleOlaviNiemitalo!

/dupe https://github.com/msys2/MSYS2-packages/issues/1943

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Dec 29, 2020): Yes, this is a bug in the msys/cygwin runtime. Thanks @KalleOlaviNiemitalo! /dupe https://github.com/msys2/MSYS2-packages/issues/1943
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Dec 29, 2020):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of one that exists on somebody else's Issue Tracker. Please make sure you subscribe to the referenced external issue for future updates. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Dec 29, 2020): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of one that exists on somebody else's Issue Tracker. Please make sure you subscribe to the referenced external issue for future updates. Thanks for your report!
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Reference: starred/terminal#11915