anchor.diff:  (global-set-key (kbd "\C-cj") 'dired-jump)
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  +Now you can launch any type of file from the Dired buffer directly.
positive.code: (prefer-coding-system 'utf-8)
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  The problem seemed to be that the defauls in Emacs and in Windows are different. Whatever the case, this solved all my encoding problems.
  
  == Dired-launch
  
  I still deal daily with Excel, Word, Outlook, etc. I did replace almost 100% of the Windows Explorer with Dired, and one of the small tools that made a difference for me was dired-launch: https://github.com/thomp/dired-launch
  Basically what dired-launch does is equivalent to `start "" file-path` in the command prompt.
  
  I have it bound to J (shift + j) and C-c j, although I think J is the default binding, and for some reason I added an extra one. For Windows there isn't any other configuration required:
  
  [source, elisp]
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negative.code: = Three short Emacs tips for Windows
  :hp-tags: Emacs, MindTheGap, ShortTips
  
  Three small tips for your `init.el` file.
  
  == Set proxy
  
  If you want to use MELPA, ELPA, etc. behind your corporate proxy, you need to configure it in the init file:
  
  [source,elisp]
  ----
  (setq url-proxy-services
     '(("no_proxy" . "^\\(localhost\\|10.*\\)")
       ("http" . "10.10.10.10:8080")
       ("https" . "10.10.10.10:8080")))
  ----
  
  A good way to get your proxy (unless the admins are cool and just share it) is to get the .dat file, as explained here: https://superuser.com/questions/346372/how-do-i-know-what-proxy-server-im-using
  
  I would also recommended to set the proxy in HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY.
  
  == UTF-8
  
  