[ESS] .emacs file seems not fully operative since upgrade from 22.3 to 24.3

[Zdenek Skala]

Hi all,

I have just upgraded to V. Goulet's 24.3-2modified Win binary; unlike previous 
installation, without changing defaults I now get error on startup:

"Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading `~/.emacs':
Wrong type argument: stringp, nil"

Any hints on what goes wrong?

thank you!
Zdenek