Ed, I suggest you do `M-x report-emacs-bug', posting all of this info to the bug report. With a proper bug report the problem is likely to get more attention by those who could fix it, and there will be a clear trace of the correpondence in the bug thread.
- [h-e-w] make-frame function read in .emacs in w32 ver 23.3 b... E. Caudex
- Re: [h-e-w] make-frame function read in .emacs in w32 v... Drew Adams
- Re: [h-e-w] make-frame function read in .emacs in w32 v... Eli Zaretskii
- Re: [h-e-w] make-frame function read in .emacs in w... Drew Adams
- Re: [h-e-w] make-frame function read in .emacs ... E. Caudex
- Re: [h-e-w] make-frame function read in .em... Drew Adams
- Re: [h-e-w] make-frame function read i... E. Caudex
- Re: [h-e-w] make-frame function re... Drew Adams