[h-e-w] no such file or directory, v4.80.1

[Helmut Stix]

Hi,

 

I have the following problem. I use emacs (v21.x) together with AUCTeX and MikTeX on my laptop computer and on my PC.

Everything used to work fine until, from one day to the other, I was no longer able to start a latex shell from within emacs (on my PC). The message buffer says:

 

Loading shell...done
apply: Searching for program: no such file or directory, v4.80.1

 

[I get the same message with M-x shell]

 

On my laptop, I did not get this message (the setting worked fine) until I logged on to our company LAN. After this, I got the same problem. This was on WinNT. After a while, I got WIN2000 on my PC and I still face exactly the same problem.

 

For me as a non-expert this looks like the problem is related to our company network (and not to the operating system). I suspect that the administrators updated some file or changed some security settings or installed a new anti-virus software. Actually, disabling the anti-virus software doesn't help and the network admins are of no help either because they claim that they did not change anything.

 

Does anyone of you have a hint about what the problem is? What is v4.80.1? I am slightly confused.

 

I appreciate your help. Thank you,

 

Helmut