In article <mailman.1644.1378717842.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
à scar Fuentes  <ofv@wanadoo.es> wrote:
>dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) writes:
>
>> To see just where emacs was on my machine, I got
>> into *info* and did C-d, ending up in a dired of:
>>    c:/Documents and Settings/DKC/Desktop/ntemacs23/info/
>>
>> It's been SO long since I installed this emacs,
>> is that where info was supposed to end up?
>
>Yes. If you have emacs installed on /some/dir/emacs/, `info' will be on
>that directory. (For the next version that will change.)
>
>IMO it is not wise to install applications on Desktop, though.
>
>> How to load a WINDOWS emacs in a different set of places.
>> so I can run both in parallel, while testing the new one?
>
>Just unzip the new one on different directory.
>
>

Supper-late response:

(1) Please explain, WHY is it unwise to install on Desktop?

  (Your answer should of course appear in every book on windows!)

(2) Where do YOU put applications, eg emacs, cygwin, putty, 
    audacity, etc?


THANKS!

David