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Starting ssh-agent on Windows 10 fails: “unable to start ssh-agent service, error :1058”

Yeah, as others have suggested, this error seems to mean that ssh-agent is installed but its service (on windows) hasn’t been started. You can check this by running in Windows PowerShell: And then check the output of status is not running. Then check that the service has been disabled by running I suggest setting the service … Read more

openssh windows bad owner or permissions

This started popping up immediately after I created another user with Administrator privileges, and that account began inheriting access to my .ssh folder. You do not need to change your permissions whatsoever. Just go to .ssh, right-click Properties, Security Tab, Advanced. DISABLE INHERITANCE, then click on the Administrator user (the one that is not you) … Read more