Re: vimdiff noob question

On Wednesday, June 11, 2014 10:02:12 PM UTC-6, wolfv wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 11, 2014 9:24:29 PM UTC-6, Ben Fritz wrote:
> > On Wednesday, June 11, 2014 5:29:07 PM UTC-5, wolfv wrote:
> > > > 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.
> >
> > Yeah that's probably a different problem. You can try running vim.exe in compatibility mode.
> >
> > Does "gvim -d a.txt b.txt" work from that directory? How about "gvimdiff a.txt b.txt"?
>
> Yes, that works (screen shot attached).
> So it was the just the fake "My Documents" directory the whole time.
>
> I vaguely remember when I first got Windows 7, I renamed "My Documents" to "Documents", then later Windows automatically changed it back to "My Documents", and I left it that way.
>
> Thank you for sticking with me through so much trouble shooting. Your help is is much appreciated.

both "gvim -d a.txt b.txt" and "gvimdiff a.txt b.txt" work from Documents:
C:\Users\wolf\Documents>gvim -d a.txt b.txt

C:\Users\wolf\Documents>gvimdiff a.txt b.txt

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