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Re: [h-e-w] Ediff not executing, displays error


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: [h-e-w] Ediff not executing, displays error
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 16:55:06 +0300

> Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 12:37:59 +0530
> From: Ankush Mishra <address@hidden>
> 
> I am running emacs-24.3 bin i836 build of emacs on a Windows 7 32bit 
> system and well I have trouble with running "ediff" from within emacs. 
> Basically everytime I try to invoke ediff through M-x ediff or even 
> through the file menus, I get asked to specify File A and File B after 
> which I keep getting an error stating "Searching for program: permission 
> denied, diff". I did find a previous thread, on the topic but 
> unfortunately it seems to be unresolved.
> 
> I have verified my PATH and HOME environment variables which both point 
> to "C:\bin\" where my emacs-24.3 folder exists.
> 
> Any suggestions on how to overcome this.
> 
> Aso, what does "Searching for program: permission denied" mean?

In which directory do you have your diff.exe program?  is that
directory on PATH?



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