Re: Dos window pops up when calling emacs

> From: "Ortega, Oscar E." <[email protected]>
> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 16:19:01 +0000
> 
> I installed Emacs 26.1 for windows and then associated the following two executables:
> emacs.exe and emacs-26.1.exe to a file extension of .vhd

They are the same executable, you need to associate only one, not
both.

> Unfortunately they pop up a dos windows in back of the emacs windows. I read that I should have
> used runemacs.exe but I can’t get windows to associate for example a .vhd (vhdl design file) to open using
> runemacs.exe… it always pics
> one of the other two as a choice and even if I chose the runemacs.exe it will not associate it.

What version of Windows is that?  And how did you try to associate the
file extension to a program?