Re: vimdiff noob question

On Wednesday, June 11, 2014 3:12:55 PM UTC-6, Ben Fritz wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 11, 2014 2:33:57 PM UTC-5, wolfv wrote:
> > From Command Prompt:
> > C:\Users\wolf\My Documents>gvim -N -u NONE -U NONE -i NONE -O a.txt b.txt
> > This message pops up:
> > Location is not available
> > C:\Users\wolf\My Documents is not accessible.
> > Access is denied.
> > I click the "OK" button.
>
> I think this is the problem!
>
> You're using a Windows Vista or higher, right?
>
> If so, "My Documents" isn't a real location. The actual disk location is just
> Documents. Not all programs can use the fake "My Documents". For example, even
> cmd.exe itself doesn't handle "My Documents" properly! Example:
>
> C:\Users\Ben>cd "My Documents"
>
> C:\Users\Ben\My Documents>dir
> Volume in drive C has no label.
> Volume Serial Number is C8FF-79BB
>
> Directory of C:\Users\Ben\My Documents
>
> File Not Found
>
> C:\Users\Ben\My Documents>cd ..\Documents
>
> C:\Users\Ben\Documents>dir
> Volume in drive C has no label.
> Volume Serial Number is C8FF-79BB
>
> Directory of C:\Users\Ben\Documents
>
> 02/03/2014 01:34 AM <DIR> .
> 02/03/2014 01:34 AM <DIR> ..
>
>
> Can you use vimdiff, from C:\Users\wolf\Documents (rather than My Documents)?

I am using Windows 7.
From Command Prompt:
C:\Users\wolf\Documents>vim -d a.txt b.txt
This pops up:
C:\PROGRA~2\Vim\vim74\vim.exe is not a valid Win32 application.
I click "OK" and Command Prompt says:
Access is denied.

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