>> One thing I have noticed is under eshell, when I try ls –al, I get the >> following error: >> >> >> >> c:/Derek $ ls -al >> >> total 13025 >> >> Wrong type argument: integerp, -2023488832.0 > > This works for me using Windows XP. Could you please try the unpatched > binaries (just download the zip file for a quick check) and see if you > get the same problem there?
Or maybe you can start by telling what the value of default-directory is in the eshell buffer. Just do C-h v default-directory from within that buffer.