1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/w32.c b/src/w32.c
index 15903dbceb3..babbcc6df9f 100644
--- a/src/w32.c
+++ b/src/w32.c
@@ -1652,7 +1652,7 @@ init_environment (char ** argv)
     /* For backwards compatibility, check if a .emacs file exists in C:/
        If not, then we can try to default to the appdata directory under the
        user's profile, which is more likely to be writable.   */
-    if (check_existing ("C:/.emacs"))
+    if (!check_existing ("C:/.emacs"))
       {
         HRESULT profile_result;
         /* Dynamically load ShGetFolderPath, as it won't exist on versions