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> From: "B. T. Raven" <ecinmn@alcisp.com>
> Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:10:45 -0500
> 
> > Try M-BS.  A word, in Find File context is usually a dir, but now always.
> >
> > M-BS runs `backward-kill-word'
> 
> On some systems (e.g. w32) this key combo runs undo (as opposed to
> advertised-undo) and C-<backspace> runs backward-kill-word.

Not on my w32 system: I get backward-kill-word when I type
M-backspace.

What Emacs version do you have that behaves otherwise?