emacs -Q M-x byte-compile-file ~/.emacs.d/init.el C-x C-c emacs ;;; init.el is now native-compiled C-h v user-init-file ;;; => "d:/mypath/Home/.emacs.d/init.el" C-x C-c emacs C-h v user-init-file ;;; => "d:/mypath/Home/.emacs.d/native/29.0.50-a4a10996/init-7890dda9-d677a456.eln"