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The built-in Dired is launched when I type C-x d. dired+ is loaded because I can run diredp-* commands, but dired+ is only launched after I have run a diredp command. What is the problem? I am using Emacs 24.1 and I installed dired+ through the package manager.

itsjeyd
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Dired+ is not loaded. All the functions you see are autoloaded. This means that as soon as you call one of those functions emacs knows it needs to read diredp.el. Once it reads that file, it overrides the default dired and makes everything work.

To fix your problem, just (require 'diredp) in your .emacs.

Nicolas Dudebout
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  • There is `File error: Cannot open load file, diredp` if I add `(require 'diredp)` or `(requre 'dired+)`. – RNA Jul 09 '12 at 19:28
  • Look at this answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11127109/emacs-24-package-system-initialization-problems/11140619#11140619. You need to do `(package-initialize)` before requiring some packages. – Nicolas Dudebout Jul 09 '12 at 20:26
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    right. I have `(packagge-initialize)` in my .emacs file, but forgot that I need to put `(require 'dired+)` after it. Thanks. Problem solved. – RNA Jul 09 '12 at 21:44
  • I believe this answer should be: `To fix your problem, just (require 'dired+) in your .emacs`. That works for me. Trying `(require 'diredp)` seems to fail because there is no `diredp` installed (it is `dired+`) – modulitos Aug 18 '15 at 11:03