Terminal in Emacs in Windows - Error message: "Spawning child process; invalid argument"

Question

I'm trying to start a cmd terminal in Emacs 23.2 (latest version) in Windows.

According to the Manual, I can enter in terminal mode (starting a new buffer for the terminal) in Emacs by typing M-x term.

When I do this, I get prompted for:

Run program: path_to-emacs/bin/cmdproxy.exe

When I type RET, I get the following error message in the minibuffer:

Spaning child process: invalid argument

Any ideas how to make it work?

Thanks,

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4535432/terminal-in-emacs-in-windows-error-message-spawning-child-process-invalid-a

Answer 1

The following should do:

• M-:(make-comint-in-buffer "cmd" nil "cmd" nil)

• M-xeshell

• M-xshell

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