Installing Emacs 24.3 on Windows 8.1
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Author: Momchil Ivanov <momchil@xaxo.eu>
Date  : 2014.03.04

Introduction
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  This article describes how to install Emacs 24.3 on Windows 8.1.

Installation
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  1. Download the Windows version of Emacs.

  2. Install in C:\bin\emacs-24.3.

  3. Add C:\bin\emacs-24.3\bin to the environment variable PATH.

  4. Add C:\bin to the environment variable HOME.

  5. Save the init file as C:\bin\.emacs

  6. To add "Open In Emacs" to the context menu in Explorer use
     emacs-explorer.reg

ediff
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  In order to get ediff working, you need a working cygwin installation.

  1. Install cygwin in C:\cygwin64.

  2. Install the package "diffutils".

  4. Add C:\cygwin64\bin to the environment variable PATH.

  3. Add to $HOME/.emacs:

    put (setenv "CYGWIN" "nodosfilewarning")

Register file extensions for Emacs
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  Execute emacs-register-extensions.bat.