From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Sebastien Vauban" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs and Everything (~ locate) on Windows 8 Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:32:40 +0100 Organization: Sebastien Vauban Message-ID: <864niezc2f.fsf@somewhere.org> References: <86pq14gefo.fsf@somewhere.org> <86ehhkgc4o.fsf@somewhere.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1358526916 4935 80.91.229.3 (18 Jan 2013 16:35:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:35:16 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Fri Jan 18 17:35:32 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TwEui-0007If-Fo for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:35:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51125 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TwEuP-0007VD-86 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:35:13 -0500 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder2.hal-mli.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 25 Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="56267169612f95d5ad2eeba965a549c1"; logging-data="32245"; mail-complaints-to="abuse-VVbKFVtnif8H+i2N2EyTrmui9UKz+5OX@public.gmane.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/9MlIofpZQYsZBXPWBwUY7" User-Agent: Gnus/5.130006 (Ma Gnus v0.6) Emacs/24.2.92 (windows-nt) X-Archive: encrypt Cancel-Lock: sha1:paDdauzYLI2/SoTXNsgBul33Tfo= sha1:4tYgooXHAHHrLK1mRDjaK1pnJqU= X-Url: Under construction... Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:196421 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:88715 Archived-At: Eli and all, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > . Never run "as administrator", except for very rare and specific > jobs. Windows treats such users inherently dangerous and will pop > up UAC prompts where it doesn't for other users. Update on this. Very hot. Everything's latest (beta) version of 10 January... 2013 [1] does solve the problem I had: Everything is now working without requiring to "run as an administrator". So does run Emacs now, while getting back the functionality I was striving for. Problem is solved. Case closed. Thanks for your help. Best regards, Seb [1] There have been a couple of changes since December 2012, after more than 2 years with no activity at all. I don't know which beta version does solve the problem, but the very latest does. -- Sebastien Vauban