+ /* For backwards compatibility, check if a .emacs file exists in C:/
+ If not, then we can try to default to the appdata directory under the
+ user's profile, which is more likely to be writable. */
+ if (stat ("C:/.emacs", &ignored) < 0)
+ {
+ HRESULT profile_result;
+ /* Dynamically load ShGetFolderPath, as it won't exist on versions
+ of Windows 95 and NT4 that have not been updated to include
+ MSIE 5. Also we don't link with shell32.dll by default. */
+ HMODULE shell32_dll;
+ ShGetFolderPath_fn get_folder_path;
+ shell32_dll = GetModuleHandle ("shell32.dll");
+ get_folder_path = (ShGetFolderPath_fn)
+ GetProcAddress (shell32_dll, "SHGetFolderPathA");
+
+ if (get_folder_path != NULL)
+ {
+ profile_result = get_folder_path (NULL, CSIDL_APPDATA, NULL,
+ 0, default_home);
+
+ /* If we can't get the appdata dir, revert to old behaviour. */
+ if (profile_result == S_OK)
+ env_vars[0].def_value = default_home;
+ }
+
+ /* Unload shell32.dll, it is not needed anymore. */
+ FreeLibrary (shell32_dll);
+ }
+