[texhax] Problem

Joseph Wright joseph.wright at morningstar2.co.uk
Wed Nov 27 12:37:08 CET 2013


On 27/11/2013 10:27, jens at berling.us wrote:
> Good mornig. How are you?
> 
> Here I what message I got when starting compiling my document I latex:
> 
> 
> Process started: pdflatex.exe -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode "test1".tex
> 
> initexmf.exe: Windows API error 5: Access is denied. initexmf.exe: Data: \.\$Recycle.Bin\S-1-5-21-1101619846-751725672-2231309833-500 pdflatex.exe: The operation failed for some reason. pdflatex.exe: Data: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\x64\initexmf.exe
> 
> Process exited with error(s)
> 
> 
> Any advice to start the program in an ordely way?
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Jens Martin Berling
> 
> jens at berling.us

Sounds like a completely hosed MiKTeX installation: I'd remove entirely
and reinstall.

BTW, please keep the list in replies.
-- 
Joseph Wright


More information about the texhax mailing list