From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11683: 24.1; MS-Windows: runemacs.exe: "could not start emacs" (emacs.exe does work) Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:36:15 -0800 Message-ID: <87ppn1uink.fsf@building.gnus.org> References: <4FD7EC89.80207@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1391650690 25414 80.91.229.3 (6 Feb 2014 01:38:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 01:38:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 11683@debbugs.gnu.org, Albert To: Christoph Scholtes Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 06 02:38:17 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-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 1WBDuz-00086B-1b for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 02:38:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34113 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBDuy-0004Za-Mn for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:38:16 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37502) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBDuq-0004YM-3n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:38:13 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBDuk-00018s-Ij for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:38:07 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37694) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WBDuk-00018n-FN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:38:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WBDuk-0002G3-7n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:38:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2014 01:38:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11683 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs,w32 X-GNU-PR-Keywords: unreproducible moreinfo Original-Received: via spool by 11683-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11683.13916506558624 (code B ref 11683); Thu, 06 Feb 2014 01:38:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11683) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Feb 2014 01:37:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51710 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WBDuI-0002F2-TN for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:37:35 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:53057) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WBDuH-0002Eu-39 for 11683@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:37:33 -0500 Original-Received: from [204.14.154.233] (helo=building.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1WBDu2-0008W0-Tp; Thu, 06 Feb 2014 02:37:19 +0100 In-Reply-To: <4FD7EC89.80207@gmail.com> (Christoph Scholtes's message of "Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:27:37 -0600") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13001 (Ma Gnus v0.10) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1WBDu2-0008W0-Tp MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1392255439.50294@jXmn+oIA0N9Pd0IrL4FHJA X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:84683 Archived-At: Christoph Scholtes writes: >> On Windows XP: double clicking runemacs.exe gives a pop-up/dialog box >> saying: "Could not start Emacs." >> (typing start runemacs.exe -Q does not work either) >> >> double clicking emacs.exe does work. >> >> Is there something wrong with runemacs.exe? > > I cannot reproduce this on Windows 7 x64. runemacs.exe works as it > should. I do not have access to Windows XP to test this though. > > Can you please try the release candidate and see if the problem also occurs? More information was requested a year ago, but no further progress seems to have been made. I'm closing this bug report now, but if this problem still persists, please reopen it. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/