diff -r 403c4ddd74bb -r c08b6af023bc mercurial/util.py
--- a/mercurial/util.py	Thu Feb 15 09:51:57 2007 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/util.py	Fri Feb 16 05:53:03 2007 -0200
@@ -801,7 +801,11 @@
 
     def user_rcpath():
         '''return os-specific hgrc search path to the user dir'''
-        path = [os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), 'mercurial.ini')]
+        try:
+            userrc = user_rcpath_win32()
+        except:
+            userrc = os.path.join(os.path.expanduser('~'), 'mercurial.ini')
+        path = [userrc]
         userprofile = os.environ.get('USERPROFILE')
         if userprofile:
             path.append(os.path.join(userprofile, 'mercurial.ini'))