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Asked: 2026-05-31T11:27:09+00:00

I have GNU Emacs 23.4 installed (or, rather, unzipped) into C:\Program Files (x86)\emacs-23.4 on

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I have GNU Emacs 23.4 installed (or, rather, unzipped) into C:\Program Files (x86)\emacs-23.4 on my Win7 64-bit system.

It works fine except that when logged in as a non-administrative user I cannot associate files with the GNU Emacs executeables (I’ve tried to associate a given file type with runemacs.exe and with emacsclientw.exe). I can browse to the file in the associate dialog, but when I hit “open” it’s just ignored.

It works totally fine when I’m logged in as an admin user. (And it worked fine in XP.)

I have found the following: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_programs/in-windows-7-how-do-i-change-the-open-with/c4a2ad7e-125c-4526-be20-c8f24f18fbfc but I’d prefer to not have to fiddle with registry entries if there’s another way to accomplish this.

Any ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I’ve had the same problem and I’ve found that the registry entry has to be

    emacs-path\bin\emacsclientw -n "%1"

    After many attempts to make the GNU Emacs Windows build work to my satisfaction, I always come back to the patched EmacsW32 build. Among other things, it provides an installer that adds file associations and other shell extensions. I’ve found that it always handles the “Open With” problem correctly. Unfortunately, the latest patched build is of Emacs 23.1.

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