* src/emacs.c (using_utf8): Don't call 'mbrtowc' on WINDOWSNT
systems, as it's not available on Windows 9X.
static bool
using_utf8 (void)
{
-#ifdef HAVE_WCHAR_H
+ /* We don't want to compile in mbrtowc on WINDOWSNT because that
+ will prevent Emacs from starting on older Windows systems, while
+ the result is known in advance anyway... */
+#if defined HAVE_WCHAR_H && !defined WINDOWSNT
wchar_t wc;
mbstate_t mbs = { 0 };
return mbrtowc (&wc, "\xc4\x80", 2, &mbs) == 2 && wc == 0x100;