bug#9111: emacs hangs in Windows 7

[Glenn Morris]

Jeremy Lichstein wrote:

> I read some suggestions on the web about changing some settings in my
> .emacs file, but I cannot even find this file on my computer

http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/Installing-Emacs.html#Installing-Emacs

3.5 Where do I put my init file?

  [...] you can always find your .emacs file with C-x C-f ~/.emacs.

By default, you don't have a .emacs file.