Hey there... Using the precompiled binary kit for NT (4.0 SP5), I downloaded and installed both: xemacs-21_1_3-i686-pc-cygwin32-b20_1-X_tar.tar.gz and xemacs-21_1_3-i686-pc-cygwin32-b20_1_tar.tar.gz typical un-tarring and running didn't work: Couldn't find an obvious default for the root of the XEmacs hierarchy. WARNING: Couldn't find obvious defaults for: doc-directory data-directory exec-directory Perhaps some directories don't exist, or the XEmacs executable, /XEmacs-21.1.3/bin/xemacs.exe is in a strange place?Cannot open load file: /build/xemacs/xemacs-20/lisp/auto-autoloads So I set the various emacs xxxPATH env vars to what seemed like the right thing to me, and I still got that same message. So I rearranged the hierarchy to match the GNU NTEmacs hierarchy, and changed the xxxPATH vars and tried again, and now I get nothing. No error messages, but xemacs simply doesn't run. Here's how I've got things currently set-up. Directory of D:\XEmacs-21.1.3 bin etc custom eos idd photos sounds sparcworks tests external-widget toolbar info lib xemacs-21.1-p3 i686-pc-cygwin32 lisp man lock --- runxemacs.bat ( mostly from my gnu NT emacs startup .bat file ) set emacs_dir=D:\XEmacs-21.1.3 set SHELL=%emacs_dir%\bin\cmdproxy.exe set EMACSLOADPATH=%emacs_dir%\site-lisp;%emacs_dir%\lisp set EMACSDATA=%emacs_dir%\etc set EMACSPATH=%emacs_dir%\bin set EMACSLOCKDIR=%emacs_dir%\lock REM set INFOPATH=%emacs_dir%\info set EMACSDOC=%emacs_dir%\etc set TERM=CMD set HOME=%emacs_dir% ＠echo Using HOME = %HOME% %emacs_dir%\bin\runemacs.exe %* ===================================================== So, when I run that .bat file, I get a beep from the speakers, but no emacs. runemacs.exe doesn't even live long enough to show up on my task manager. Is there something else I need to setup, or a different hierarchy I should be using? I performed the same steps with both tarballs I downloaded. I assumed the -X version required an NT X Server, which I don't have, so I did that one a tad less enthusiastically, but did eventually get the same results... no emacs running. Anyone out there get XEmacs running on NT, I'd really appreciate the help. ---------------------------------------- Robert Bresner rbresner(a)olf.com Open Link Financial 516-227-6600 x216 http://www.olf.com/ fax: 516-227-1799 ---------------------------------------- Opinions expressed are explicitly my own "The more times you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets." -- Russian Proverb