From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "B. T. Raven" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: WinXP Emacs Crashing Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:40:43 -0600 Message-ID: References: <2281a884-69a9-4f05-971b-44630ec78669@g1g2000pra.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1233254451 11796 80.91.229.12 (29 Jan 2009 18:40:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:40:51 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 29 19:42:05 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LSbpu-0002Zr-P9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:41:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38102 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LSboc-00052M-DN for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:40:38 -0500 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.sysmatrix.net!news.sysmatrix.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:40:39 -0600 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: <2281a884-69a9-4f05-971b-44630ec78669@g1g2000pra.googlegroups.com> Original-Lines: 20 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.73.132.96 Original-X-Trace: sv3-weRqKqHsXYt2p/fg1u/4SmoDsUeoVoc3VEBq3SFowqXnHOTP3V5kWOOiS5FRxcGrpuiQyKF58lLVVMz!2ZfO74xIWYW2XaWGyP/+WwGGup47WVCJ3jeP29o9UhLCKI132PwGalHw6hlC6gtnwVbxL1RZbsg7!q4KDCrUrKUc7hAcYt5eH8/EXBplt1Q== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@sysmatrix.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.39 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:166442 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:61761 Archived-At: helloworld101@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > I'm using Windows XP Version 5.1.2600 and I downloaded GNU Emacs from > http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/windows/emacs/emacs-22.3-bin-i386.zip, unzipped > it and tried to run emcas-22.3/bin/runemacs.exe however cannot since > it crashes upon loading. By crashing I mean, Windows popping up with > the option of sending an error report. > It crashes after a few seconds after loading or right when I click on > a menu option/link or try and type something. > How can I help diagnose and solve the problem? Is your installation still running an old .emacs? Add PATHTOEMACSBIN (c:\dir\dir\emacsdir\bin) to your path and then try Start > Run > runemacs.exe -Q When you unzipped the binaries, did you keep all the explicit paths? Maybe running addpm.exe will let xp know about Emacs but if it doesn't work you may have to edit the registry to get rid of references to Emacs. Where are the error reporting options directed? Emacsbugs? MS?