I don't think it is tcsh.exe. I have also tried bash, sh, etc. with the same result. I think it is the way Emacs is invoking the "process" that Vista doesn't like.
Found this link referring to the same problem but no solution: http://calypso.tux.org/pipermail/xemacs-beta/2007-April/011079.html Jason Rumney-4 wrote: > > Euser12 wrote: >> Hopefully, this helps. >> >> M-x getenv SHELL ===> tcsh.exe >> >> Problem signature: >> Problem Event Name: APPCRASH >> Application Name: tcsh.exe >> > > So tcsh.exe is crashing, not Emacs. You'll have to ask the maintainers > of the tcsh port about that. Seeing if it crashes when invoked from a > Command Prompt would be a start. > > > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Windows-Vista-M-x-shell-crash-tf4117535.html#a11716188 Sent from the Emacs - Windows - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.