Vim settings file on Windows

Question

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

Answer 1

my _vimrc/_gvimrc is stored at C:/Users//_vimrc and is working fine.

It's generally a good idea to keep personal settings separate from installation files.

To get more information about the search paths for your configuration files, type :he vimrc-intro.

And be careful: the docs say

For MS-DOS and MS-Windows you can use one of these:
$HOME/_vimrc
$VIM/_vimrc

While this is absolutely true, it could be a bit surprising that $VIM does not expand to e.g. C:/Program Files/vim/ (this is what $VIMRUNTIME holds) but only to C:/Program Files/vim/.

This said, C:/Program Files/vim/_vimrc should be read during startup.