Emacs init file location in Microsoft Windows

On {Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista} , by default, emacs looks at the following directory/file.

$HOMEPATH/AppData/Roaming/.emacs

The .emacs file is old emacs convention, used in 1990s and 2000s.

$HOMEPATH/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/init.el

The .emacs.d/init.el is modern convention.

If you have the environment variable named HOME, then it's at:

• $HOME/.emacs
• $HOME/.emacs.d/init.el

WARNING: HOME should not be confused with HOMEPATH.

• HOMEPATH is standard Microsoft Windows environment variable.
• HOME is standard unix/linux environment variable. (doesn't exist in Windows by default.)

(info "(emacs) Find Init")

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