[h-e-w] win2k non-stop retries to create directory on c:/.emacs.d

[Karklins, M]

I don't know if this is a well known problem, but I didn't see any reference
to it in the archives.

I installed emacs 21.2 on a win2k machine on the "D:" drive without
administrator rights.  When I run emacs, sooner or later emacs locks up the
mini-buffer with repeated tries to create a directory at a location I don't
have user rights.  The message I get is:

Creating directory: permission denied, c:/.emacs.d

When I try to terminate emacs in this mode, it always aborts abnormally.
Has anyone seen this problem? and if so, what can I do about it?

Thanks in advance.
Mat

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