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> From: Larry Evans <cppljevans@suddenlink.net>
> Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 05:22:39 -0600
> 
> "Current desktop was not loaded from a file.  Overwrite this desktop file? "
> 
> from function desktop-save in desktop.el.gz.  A trace in that function
> showed:
> 
>   desktop-file-modtime
> 
> was nil.  Further search in that file showed the only place that was
> set was in function desktop-read.  So, in .emacs I put:
> 
>   (desktop-read)
> 
> However, that didn't work.

Didn't work how?

Having `(desktop-read)' in your ~/.emacs _is_ the right way of
activating Desktop.