Re: init file help

[DeSoya]

On Apr 30, 10:59 am, Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org> wrote:
> > From: DeSoya <nathan.doyl...@gmail.com>
> > Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:36:25 -0700 (PDT)
>
> > It seems as though my init.el file has disappeared. I can't open it in
> > emacs due to the error from the bad coding system. I can't find
> > the .el file using either cygwin or windows. I tried reinstalling but
> > predictably that didn't work. Is there any way that I can either find
> > and delete this init file or is there any way I can load using the -q
> > option through windows?
>
> The init file is in your home directory.  Your home directory is
> either the one pointed to by the HOME environment variable (if you set
> that; Windows by default does not); or "C:\Documents and
> Settings\YOUR-USERNAME\Application Data".

Right. It should be in C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR-USERNAME
\.emacs.d but it's not. In fact, there is no .el file modified in 2008
on my computer. There was nothing in .emacs.d except for some auto
saved buffers. I tried making a file named _emacs but the program is
still finding this phantom init file. I'm very confused.