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Juanma Barranquero wrote:
> Try doing:
>
>  C:\> emacsclient --server-file=%HOME%\.emacs.d\server\server MY_FILE
>
> (with %HOME% pointing to Emacs' home dir, of course).

I have no %HOME% variable, but I did it with C:\.emacs.d\server
\server  (C: seems to be where emacs thinks "~" is when I start it
up), and that did the trick. Thanks!

I guess that info was right in the error message. I just had no clue
what --server-file was, or how to use it.