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Andy Koppe wrote:
> I'd guess that emacs has set a system-wide HOME environment variable.
> That would take precedence over the setting in Cygwin's /etc/passwd.
> Check under System Properties->Advanced->Environment Variables.
> (That's where they are in XP anyway.)
>
>   

Andy, you were right! HOME was set to the Emacs folder. I replaced it 
with the directory I wanted as my Cygwin home folder and restarted my 
OS. Now /home/helvio/ is my new Cygwin home!

Thank you a lot!

Helvio



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