Hi Andy,

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On Tuesday 20 September 2016, A M wrote:
> I cannot start emacs on this machine, it ends up with this
> error: [ Undefined color: "WINDOW_FOREGROUND" ].

I had the same issue before. I cannot clearly remember but try to 
un-check "Apply colors to non-TDE applications" in TDE Control Center 
=> Appearence & Themes => Colors. 

This might help.

Gerhard