I think I need to retract this... I just see that I overlooked the fact that
I can name a file 'init.el' which should suffice.

However, I know I'll be pinging this list again... sorry for the premature
ping for help.

Matt

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Matthew Pettis <matthew.pettis@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> (Trying to make a big push to convert from UltraEdit to Emacs because I've
> just seen too many people too good with editing in Emacs to not try...)
>
> I'm trying to set a HOME .emacs file for GNU Emacs 23.2 on Windows7 64-bit.
>  I'm trying to follow the recommendations in section 3.5 at
> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/Installing-Emacs.html .
>
> Problems I'm having is:
>
> 1. I can't create files in c:\ (I don't know why, it's my work computer so
> maybe there's a restriction)...
> 2. I can't make '.emacs' files anywhere because the OS tells me I need a
> filename (i.e., I can't have a leading '.' in the filename).
> 3. The registry hives mentioned at the link don't seem to exist in the
> registry, so I don't know what I can do to set them.
>
> I'd appreciate any help.
>
> Thank you,
> Matt
>



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