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copied!<p>Copy and pasted from the Emacs FAQ, <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/" rel="noreferrer">http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/</a>:</p> <h3><a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/efaq-w32/Location-of-init-file.html#Location-of-init-file" rel="noreferrer">Where do I put my init file?</a></h3> <p>On Windows, the <code>.emacs</code> file may be called <code>_emacs</code> for backward compatibility with DOS and FAT filesystems where filenames could not start with a dot. Some users prefer to continue using such a name, because Windows Explorer cannot create a file with a name starting with a dot, even though the filesystem and most other programs can handle it. In Emacs 22 and later, the init file may also be called <code>.emacs.d/init.el</code>. Many of the other files that are created by Lisp packages are now stored in the <code>.emacs.d</code> directory too, so this keeps all your Emacs related files in one place.</p> <p>All the files mentioned above should go in your HOME directory. The HOME directory is determined by following the steps below:</p> <ol> <li>If the environment variable HOME is set, use the directory it indicates.</li> <li>If the registry entry HKCU\SOFTWARE\GNU\Emacs\HOME is set, use the directory it indicates.</li> <li>If the registry entry HKLM\SOFTWARE\GNU\Emacs\HOME is set, use the directory it indicates. Not recommended, as it results in users sharing the same HOME directory.</li> <li>If <code>C:\.emacs</code> exists, then use <code>C:/</code>. This is for backward compatibility, as previous versions defaulted to <code>C:/</code> if HOME was not set.</li> <li>Use the user's AppData directory, usually a directory called Application Data under the user's profile directory, the location of which varies according to Windows version and whether the computer is part of a domain.</li> </ol> <p>Within Emacs, <code>~</code> at the beginning of a file name is expanded to your HOME directory, so you can always find your .emacs file with <code>C-x C-f ~/.emacs</code>.</p> <p>There's further information at <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Windows-HOME.html#Windows-HOME" rel="noreferrer">HOME and Startup Directories on MS-Windows</a>.</p>

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