Mercurial error: abort no username supplied

Question

Problem on WindowsXP (likely will happen on all Win installs), first time using Mercurial. I found the answer in an inobvious place so I\'m asking/answering the question myself

Answer 1

On Windows XP I do not see an ini file. After creating the repository using the command hg init, I added a file with the name hgrc to the folder .hg

With the following content:

[ui]  
editor = notepad  
username = zamboni@icemachine.com