Re: desktop-read issue on XP - emacs 23.2 or 3

[AlFire]

martin rudalics wrote:
>  > With .emacs narrowed down to following:
>  > (custom-set-variables
>  >  '(desktop-save-mode t))
>  > (desktop-load-default)
>  > (desktop-read)
>  >
>  >
>  > I noted a very weird question upon start up (only Windows, Linux is 
> fine):
>  >
>  >
>  > "Warning: desktop file appears to be in use by PID %s.
>  >
>  >
>  > The PID indicates the emacs itself I am trying to bring up. Any idea 
> what is wrong? It is really annoying.
>
> I don't use desktop so I can only speculate.  IIUC,
> `desktop-load-default' is obsolete since Emacs 22.1.  What happens if
> you omit it? 

I did not help - I replaced all existing solution by singe
(desktop-save-mode 1)





> so simply typing "y" should load it.  But maybe Emacs could check
> whether it is the owner of that PID.  Are you sure there's no other
> Emacs process around?
yes, it was first thing I checked :-)