wrong home directory

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Hello,

I've searched all over the web for an answer to my problem but i 
couldn't find one, so I decided to send a mail here.

After I installed Cygwin, I noticed that my home directory '~' is not 
/home/helvio, i.e. /cygdrive/c/cygwin/home/helvio (helvio is my user 
ID), as I wanted it to. Instead, my home directory is 
/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Emacs ! This is the folder where my GNU Emacs 
for Windows v21.3.1 is installed (I got it here: 
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/). I'd like to Cygwin to open in 
/home/helvio by default, but I don't know how to do this!

I read in many places that, in order to change my home directory, I 
should edit /etc/passwd. But there, however, my home directory is set as 
/home/helvio ! Here is the relevant line of my passwd file:

  helvio:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:...:/home/helvio:/bin/bash

So, what should I do to make /home/helvio my default home folder 
(instead of the Emacs folder)?

btw, my OS is Windows Vista Home Premium SP1, if that is of any help.

Best regards,

Helvio

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