Oops, forgot to mention version 24.5.1. Also if I try to open the file "c:/Users/bjorn/AppData/Roaming/.emacs" something weird happens and Emacs redirects me to the file "c:/Users/bjorn/.emacs" instead. 2017-07-05 18:08 GMT+02:00 Björn Lindqvist : > Information in these pages is incorrect: > > https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/ > Windows-HOME.html > https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/efaq- > w32/Location-of-init-file.html > > In my case .emacs is at "C:\Users\bjorn\AppData\Roaming\.emacs" Emacs > does not set the value of the HOME variable to that location: > > (getenv "HOME") > "C:\\Users\\bjorn" > > And "Within Emacs, <~> at the beginning of a file name is expanded to your > HOME directory, so you can always find your .emacs file by typing the > command C-x C-f ~/.emacs." is therefore not true: > > (expand-file-name "~/.emacs") > "c:/Users/bjorn/.emacs" > > > -- > mvh/best regards Björn Lindqvist > -- mvh/best regards Björn Lindqvist