> What happens if you invoke it like this (from the cmd.exe prompt): > emacs -Q
No change - same vertical bar cursor. > Also, what is the value of w32-use-visible-system-caret? The value of w32-use-visible-system-caret is t. So I executed this: > (setq w32-use-visible-system-caret nil) Holy Moley!!!! That fixed the problem. The old cursor is back! So am I all set now? All I need to do is add that statement to the startup macros? Or if not, is there anything else I need to do? Thanks for your help. John
