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I have downloaded and installed emacs from http://ourcomments.org/Emacs/EmacsW32.html.

However when I tried to use the command for emacs on my command prompt

C:\Users\BTDemapan\Desktop\Thesis emacs totality.py

I get this message

'emacs' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

I could only manually open the file using the GNUEmacs Client by clicking on it from its folder location.

Magoo
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user1821176
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    This is off topic, but you may want to use the latest version of emacs from [here](http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-24.3-bin-i386.zip). The version at the above link seems to be out of date. –  Jan 19 '14 at 16:19

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You need to add the directory where Emacs executable is to PATH environment variable.

Have a look at Adding directory to PATH Environment Variable in Windows.

You can set PATH temporarily from the command line, or permanently with "My Computer" > "Properties" > "Advanced" > "Environment Variables" > "Path" and rebooting.

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abo-abo
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    No need to reboot a station for just changing the PATH variable. Maybe just reload the applications that could need it and are already started, like currently running command prompts. – Seki Jan 19 '14 at 19:31