Robert,

Thanks, that narrows it down, if I re-install emacs I shall know where to
look.

Graham

On 24 Jan 2007 03:59:45 -0800, Robert Thorpe <rthorpe@realworldtech.com>
wrote:
>
> On Jan 24, 8:20 am, "Graham Smith" <myotis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Eli,
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > I did restart Emacs, indeed I re-booted the PC. I modified the PATH via
> My
> > Computer|advanced|Environmental variable, and I have re-installed Grep.
> >
> > In the end I gave up and installed Emacsw32, which comes with Grep, and
> its
> > now working.
> >
> > I would rather have solved the problem but, for now this seems the more
> > efficient way of sorting it out.
> >
> > Should I have added anything in the .emacs file?
>
> No.  The message that you saw is a message from Windows that indicates
> that the command you have attempted to invoke, grep, can't be found in
> the PATH environmental variable.  The most likely explanation for the
> problem is that the path to grep you entered into the PATH
> environmental variable was subtly incorrect.
>
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