title: How do I create my own snippets under $home/vimfiles/after in windows
body: <p>I am trying to create my own set of snippets for vim on Windows.</p>
  
  <p>As soon as I create the directory <code>$HOME/vimfiles/after/snippets</code> (with or without files) the "standard" snippets (i.e. those that came with snipmate itself) won't be triggered anymore.</p>
  
  <p>I have tried the same on a Linux installation where I was able to create a (working) set of snippets in <code>~/.vim/after/snippets/*.snippets</code>.</p>
  
  <p>What am I missing?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Edit</strong> An answer asked if I am using the original snipmate or the fork? </p>
  
  <p>Answer: I was unaware of such a fork and I seem to be using the "original" one.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Edit II</strong> <code>echo &amp;rtp</code> contains <code>C:\Users\Rene/vimfiles/after</code> (under which I created the <code>snippets</code> directory). </p>
  
  <p>Could it be that the mixed forward backward slashes is the problem?</p>