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[gnu-emacs] / man / cmdargs.texi

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 @c This is part of the Emacs manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 97,
-@c   2001, 03, 04, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002,
+@c   2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
 @node Emacs Invocation, X Resources, GNU Free Documentation License, Top
 @appendix Command Line Arguments for Emacs Invocation
@@ -478,10 +478,15 @@ This variable defaults to @file{~/.bash_history} if you use Bash, to
 otherwise.
 @item HOME
 The location of the user's files in the directory tree; used for
-expansion of file names starting with a tilde (@file{~}).  On MS-DOS, it
-defaults to the directory from which Emacs was started, with @samp{/bin}
-removed from the end if it was present.  On Windows, the default value
-of @env{HOME} is @file{C:/}, the root directory of drive @file{C:}.
+expansion of file names starting with a tilde (@file{~}).  On MS-DOS,
+it defaults to the directory from which Emacs was started, with
+@samp{/bin} removed from the end if it was present.  On Windows, the
+default value of @env{HOME} is the @file{Application Data}
+subdirectory of the user profile directory (normally, this is
+@file{C:/Documents and Settings/@var{username}/Application Data},
+where @var{username} is your user name), though for backwards
+compatibility @file{C:/} will be used instead if a @file{.emacs} file
+is found there.
 @item HOSTNAME
 The name of the machine that Emacs is running on.
 @item INCPATH