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menuacc bug

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Message #27 received at 13532-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: John Sampson <jrs.idx <at> ntlworld.com>
Cc: 13532-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13532: menuacc bug
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:19:33 +0200

> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:37:13 +0000
> From: John Sampson <jrs.idx <at> ntlworld.com>
> CC: 13532 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On 24/01/2013 03:45, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:39:23 +0000
> >> From: John Sampson <jrs.idx <at> ntlworld.com>
> >> CC: 13532 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> >>
> >> I have downloaded and unpacked again, after deleting the two folders I
> >> mentioned. This time there is
> >> only one folder, emacs-24.2. Running emacs now causes the error message
> >> "Creating directory:
> >> no such file or directory, c:/emacs-23.4/.emacs.d/
> > I'm guessing that your HOME environment variable points to
> > "c:/emacs-23.4".  You need to point it to an existing directory,
> > preferably one outside the Emacs directory (so that removing the
> > directory won't remove your .emacs file).
> >
> >
> Many thanks. I have changed HOME to point to an unrelated folder, and 
> now Emacs
> runs normally. I notice that c:/emacs-23.4 has reappeared.

Thanks, closing the bug.

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