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 bu

Answer 1

The following should do:

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

• M-xeshell

• M-xshell

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