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I'm currently stuck with not finding the init.el file, how do I find it on Windows and how do I load it?

Adrik Ivanov
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  • I'm not sure what the best duplicate here is, but https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10545437/how-to-disable-the-beep-in-emacs-on-windows/10545955#10545955 has some details on that question. – phils Jan 14 '22 at 04:45
  • I have find it using your help but I can't save. How do I do it? – Adrik Ivanov Jan 14 '22 at 12:23
  • @Anon, does the `~/.emacs.d` directory exist? – rsp Jan 14 '22 at 16:32
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    Does this answer your question? [Function to open my init file for editing or return its path](https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/3171/function-to-open-my-init-file-for-editing-or-return-its-path) – Drew Jan 14 '22 at 18:10
  • What do you mean by "I can't save"? What did you try, and what happened? – phils Jan 14 '22 at 20:19

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If you run M-x describe-variable user-emacs-directory or the following commands in a emacs-lisp buffer, you will find it.

(find-file (expand-file-name "init.el" user-emacs-directory))

(describe-variable 'user-emacs-directory)

It's usually in %AppData%\.emacs.d but could be in %UserProfile%\.emacs.d if you run emacs from Start-menu. In Powershell, dir $env:AppData\.emacs.d.

Load it with (load-file (expand-file-name "init.el" user-emacs-directory))

sdaaish
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