Couldn't that directory be added to Info-default-directory-list by default?
If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger, please include the output from the following gdb commands: `bt full' and `xbacktrace'. If you would like to further debug the crash, please read the file
c:/Download/emacs061217/emacs/etc/DEBUG for instructions.
In GNU Emacs 22.0.91.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.0.2195) of 2006-12-17 on LENNART-69DE564 X server distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version
5.0.2195 configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --cflags -Ic:/g/include'
Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: SVE locale-coding-system: cp1252 default-enable-multibyte-characters: t
Major mode: Info
Minor modes in effect: encoded-kbd-mode: t tooltip-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t
blink-cursor-mode: t unify-8859-on-encoding-mode: t utf-translate-cjk-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t
Recent input: C-h i C-v C-v C-h v i n f o SPC d e <tab> <return>
M-x r e p o r t SPC SPC SPC <return>
Recent messages: Loading easymenu...done Loading info...done Composing main Info directory...done Loading help-fns...done Loading pp...done Type C-x 1 to remove help window.
Loading emacsbug... Loading regexp-opt...done Loading emacsbug...done Loading dabbrev...done