Change default location of vimrc

Question

In Vim, is it possible to change the default location of the user vimrc file, i.e., from $HOME/.vimrc to some other location ?

Answer 1

I edited

C:\Program Files\Vim\_vimrc

and changed both the runtimepath and sourced my own .vimrc.

I also use these settings in Cygwin (and have them version controlled). So it's this in practice (added at the bottom of the _vimrc file):

let &runtimepath = 'C:\cygwin\home\cygwinaccount\.vim,' . &runtimepath
source C:\cygwin\home\cygwinaccount\.vimrc

Bliss ! :)