title: Vim settings file on Windows
body: <p>I can't believe I am typing a question for a simple thing like this but here we are. I can't for the life of me figure out what the exact name for the settings file is for vim on Windows (<code>.vimrc</code> does not work on Windows). And if I have names right (read the next para) then I don't know why it is not picking up the settings from it.</p>
  
  <p>I tried creating <code>_vimrc</code> and <code>_gvimrc</code> in the root directory where I copied the file from the  example settings file that came installed with vim. I set the following command on top of the example commands:</p>
  
  <pre><code>set nobackup
  set nowritebackup
  set guifont=Courier_New:h11:cANSI
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It is not accepting this file (whether it is named <code>_vimrc</code> or <code>_gvimrc</code>, I tried both) as the settings file as the font has not changed on the next start-up and still writes backup files.</p>