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To avoid needing to restart your system to get the service running for the first time, execute this command: start-ssh-agent.cmd Using an elevated PowerShell window (run as admin), execute the following command to install the SSH-Agent service and configure it to start automatically when you log into your machine: Get-Service ssh-agent | Set-Service -StartupType Automatic -PassThru | Start-Service How to Install the SSH-Agent Service in Windows We will use a GitLab repository for this article however, the process will be similar for other Git management providers. A remote Git repository that you wish to access.The OpenSSH Client optional service must be enabled on your machine, and OpenSSH must be added to your PATH environment variable.Once set up as a service that stores your various SSH keys, this can facilitate authentication without entering a password each time, removing the irritation of entering a password every time you wish to push/pull/etc. SSH-Agent and OpenSSH are tools in Windows that can be used to authenticate to remote Git repositories, such as GitLab, GitHub, Azure DevOps, etc.