Change location _viminfo file on Windows

Solution 1:

Use the viminfo option to set the location of your _viminfo. eg

:set viminfo=nC:\\_viminfo

More information is available from Vim's online help ...

:help viminfo

Solution 2:

The $HOME on your login mapped to the network drive is probably causing this.

The easiest way to override this it with an alias that makes vim pick a specific viminfo file.

vim -i _viminfo

However, if you choose C:\ as the path for your viminfo file on a shared machine, the next person trying the same trick may pickup your viminfo file. So, it might be prudent to use,

vim -i _vim-yourname

Finally, to get this working on your machine, you can make a shortcut to vim that has the -i setting defined in it.