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Re: [h-e-w] Not all files displayed in directory listing


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: [h-e-w] Not all files displayed in directory listing
Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 20:21:50 +0300

> Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 09:55:47 -0700 (PDT)
> From: bsamek <address@hidden>
> 
> You're absolutely right. When I cd to C:\Windows\System32 in Emacs, I'm
> actually in SysWOW64. It lists the SysWOW64 files. Process Explorer confirms
> it. The command line invoking cmd.exe is C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe, but
> the path is C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe.
> 
> I downloaded the latest Emacs and ran it with no custom configurations, and
> the problem remained, so the problem is not in my .emacs.

This is actually not a problem at all, if it happens only with
c:\Windows\System32.  Is that the only directory where you see this?

> Do you know why this is happening?

That's how 64-bit Windows behaves with all 32-bit programs.  Why does
it bother you?

> Can I somehow tell Emacs to use the path to the 64-bit cmd.exe?

What do you need that for?



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