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Asked: 2026-05-27T15:44:02+00:00

I’m following the step by step directions of github. I’m trying to install it

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I’m following the step by step directions of github.
I’m trying to install it on windows 7.

The documentation states the key will be stored in
/users/tedpottel/.ssh/. I turned on hidden files, and still can’t see the folder.
Then I tried to create a new folder with the same file name, .ssh,
I got a invalid file name error. Windows will not let me create a file name begining with a period.

I’m a little confused, wouldn’t .ssh be a invalid file name?
I’m stuck, any help would be GREAT

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  1. Editorial Team

    You should be able to create your ssh directory in a DOS session:

    cd c:\Users\tedpottel
mkdir .ssh

    Use the git-cmd.bat provided by msysgit to launch your DOS session.
    Path like /users/tedpottel/.ssh/ are unix-like paths that you can use in a bash session, also included in msysgit.

    In that git-cmd.bat, the environment variable HOME will be set to c:\Users\tedpottel, which is important if you want ssh to works properly (it will look for public/private keys in %HOME%\.ssh).

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