Did you ever get an answer to this? I don't see anything in the archives. (I just fished it out of my spam bucket---the filter doesn't like text/plain parts that contain HTML). Sorry for the long delay. Louis> cannot drag files from explorer windows and drop them in Louis> xemacs to open them. it just ignores me. Louis> Window System: Louis> Compiling in support for the Microsoft window system. Louis> Compiling in support for the X window system: It looks like configure disables the drag'n'drop support by default. You could try compiling without X, or use a native build if you have Microsoft's compiler available. You could also try adding --with-dragndrop to the configure line (make sure you keep the --with-msw), but I don't know whether that will work properly in a cygwin build. -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Ask not how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.