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    If my .emacs file contains the following:

    (setq scheme-program-name 
	  "c:/program files/plt/mzscheme -f mzscheme_init.scm")

The variable name `scheme-program-name' implies that the value
must be a file name.  That string does not look like a file name.

The doc string of `run-scheme' suggests that the value can be a
command line rather than a file name.  That is an inconsistency,
and it's at the root of your problem.

Something ought to be done to clean this up.  Does anyone want to work
on it?