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I just installed MikTex 2.9 and tried just making a simple table:
documentclass{article}
begin{document}
begin{table}[h!]
begin{center}
caption{Caption for the table.}
label{tab:table1}
begin{tabular}{l|c||r}
1 & 2 & 3\
hline
a & b & c\
end{tabular}
end{center}
end{table}
end{document}
but got this message:
You may want to visit the MiKTeX project page (http://miktex.org), if you
need help.
Sorry, but C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbinmiktex-pdftex.exe did not succeed.
The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going again:
C:/Users/Solarmew/AppData/Local/MiKTeX/2.9/miktex/log/miktex-pdftex.log
You may want to visit the MiKTeX project page (http://miktex.org), if you
need help.
first I tried the solution here (Open the package manager (admin), use repositories -> synchronize) and it didn't give me the same error, but this time it said forest.sty not found, so I went here and followed the advise and changed package repository by checking "packages shall be installed from the internet". Now I have the first error back and it's not going away :(
here's the log:
2015-09-12 19:38:41,935-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 19:38:41,985-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 19:38:41,985-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 19:38:41,985-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 19:38:41,985-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 19:39:28,578-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 19:39:28,630-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 19:39:28,630-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 19:39:28,630-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 19:39:28,630-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 19:41:23,134-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 19:41:23,183-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 19:41:23,184-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 19:41:23,184-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 19:41:23,184-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 19:47:23,559-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 19:47:23,612-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 19:47:23,612-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 19:47:23,612-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 19:47:23,612-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 19:47:28,535-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 19:47:28,588-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 19:47:28,588-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 19:47:28,588-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 19:47:28,588-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 19:55:27,809-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - installing package pgf triggered by texlatexpgffrontendlayertikz.sty
2015-09-12 19:55:28,190-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: starting package maintenance...
2015-09-12 19:55:28,190-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: installation directory: "C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9"
2015-09-12 19:55:28,190-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: package repository: http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/
2015-09-12 19:55:28,433-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: lightweight database digest: fd7a40a42ed2f1e70be3b6bdb1baccf2
2015-09-12 19:55:28,434-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: going to download 9467103 bytes
2015-09-12 19:55:28,434-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: going to install 658 file(s) (1 package(s))
2015-09-12 19:55:28,435-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: downloading http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/pgf.tar.lzma...
2015-09-12 19:55:42,770-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: 10594095 bytes, 722.22 KB/Sec
2015-09-12 19:55:42,798-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: visiting repository http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/...
2015-09-12 19:55:42,798-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: repository type: remote package repository
2015-09-12 19:55:42,798-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: loading lightweight database...
2015-09-12 19:55:42,799-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: downloading http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/miktex-zzdb1-2.9.tar.lzma...
2015-09-12 19:55:43,053-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: 157260 bytes, 604.62 KB/Sec
2015-09-12 19:55:43,249-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: lightweight database digest: effaaa46816771ed79be6c0905c3d630
2015-09-12 19:55:43,275-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: extracting files from pgf.tar.lzma...
2015-09-12 19:55:43,834-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Windows API error 87: The parameter is incorrect.
2015-09-12 19:55:43,834-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:ProgramDataMiKTeX2.9miktex/data/leb1cfc6be702f63eea92ca0fbc9559e5c.fndb
2015-09-12 19:55:43,834-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCorewinwinMemoryMappedFile.cpp
2015-09-12 19:55:43,834-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 120
2015-09-12 19:56:33,540-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - installing package standalone triggered by texlatexstandalonestandalone.cls
2015-09-12 19:56:33,903-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: starting package maintenance...
2015-09-12 19:56:33,904-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: installation directory: "C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9"
2015-09-12 19:56:33,904-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: package repository: http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/
2015-09-12 19:56:34,071-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: lightweight database digest: effaaa46816771ed79be6c0905c3d630
2015-09-12 19:56:34,071-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: going to download 314852 bytes
2015-09-12 19:56:34,071-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: going to install 8 file(s) (1 package(s))
2015-09-12 19:56:34,072-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: downloading http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/standalone.tar.lzma...
2015-09-12 19:56:34,856-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: 314852 bytes, 393.69 KB/Sec
2015-09-12 19:56:34,858-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: extracting files from standalone.tar.lzma...
2015-09-12 19:56:34,887-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Windows API error 87: The parameter is incorrect.
2015-09-12 19:56:34,887-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:ProgramDataMiKTeX2.9miktex/data/leb1cfc6be702f63eea92ca0fbc9559e5c.fndb
2015-09-12 19:56:34,887-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCorewinwinMemoryMappedFile.cpp
2015-09-12 19:56:34,887-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 120
2015-09-12 20:02:10,783-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 20:02:11,019-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 20:02:11,020-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 20:02:11,020-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 20:02:11,020-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 20:03:12,810-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 20:03:13,031-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 20:03:13,032-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 20:03:13,032-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 20:03:13,032-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 20:06:53,271-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 20:06:53,497-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 20:06:53,498-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 20:06:53,498-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 20:06:53,498-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 20:08:00,190-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 20:08:00,413-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
errors packages
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35
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asked Sep 13 '15 at 0:17
RakshaRaksha
184119
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I just installed MikTex 2.9 and tried just making a simple table:
documentclass{article}
begin{document}
begin{table}[h!]
begin{center}
caption{Caption for the table.}
label{tab:table1}
begin{tabular}{l|c||r}
1 & 2 & 3\
hline
a & b & c\
end{tabular}
end{center}
end{table}
end{document}
but got this message:
You may want to visit the MiKTeX project page (http://miktex.org), if you
need help.
Sorry, but C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbinmiktex-pdftex.exe did not succeed.
The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going again:
C:/Users/Solarmew/AppData/Local/MiKTeX/2.9/miktex/log/miktex-pdftex.log
You may want to visit the MiKTeX project page (http://miktex.org), if you
need help.
first I tried the solution here (Open the package manager (admin), use repositories -> synchronize) and it didn't give me the same error, but this time it said forest.sty not found, so I went here and followed the advise and changed package repository by checking "packages shall be installed from the internet". Now I have the first error back and it's not going away :(
here's the log:
2015-09-12 19:38:41,935-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 19:38:41,985-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 19:38:41,985-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 19:38:41,985-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 19:38:41,985-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 19:39:28,578-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 19:39:28,630-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 19:39:28,630-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 19:39:28,630-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 19:39:28,630-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 19:41:23,134-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 19:41:23,183-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 19:41:23,184-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 19:41:23,184-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 19:41:23,184-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 19:47:23,559-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 19:47:23,612-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 19:47:23,612-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 19:47:23,612-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 19:47:23,612-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 19:47:28,535-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 19:47:28,588-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 19:47:28,588-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 19:47:28,588-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 19:47:28,588-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 19:55:27,809-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - installing package pgf triggered by texlatexpgffrontendlayertikz.sty
2015-09-12 19:55:28,190-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: starting package maintenance...
2015-09-12 19:55:28,190-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: installation directory: "C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9"
2015-09-12 19:55:28,190-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: package repository: http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/
2015-09-12 19:55:28,433-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: lightweight database digest: fd7a40a42ed2f1e70be3b6bdb1baccf2
2015-09-12 19:55:28,434-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: going to download 9467103 bytes
2015-09-12 19:55:28,434-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: going to install 658 file(s) (1 package(s))
2015-09-12 19:55:28,435-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: downloading http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/pgf.tar.lzma...
2015-09-12 19:55:42,770-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: 10594095 bytes, 722.22 KB/Sec
2015-09-12 19:55:42,798-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: visiting repository http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/...
2015-09-12 19:55:42,798-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: repository type: remote package repository
2015-09-12 19:55:42,798-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: loading lightweight database...
2015-09-12 19:55:42,799-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: downloading http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/miktex-zzdb1-2.9.tar.lzma...
2015-09-12 19:55:43,053-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: 157260 bytes, 604.62 KB/Sec
2015-09-12 19:55:43,249-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: lightweight database digest: effaaa46816771ed79be6c0905c3d630
2015-09-12 19:55:43,275-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: extracting files from pgf.tar.lzma...
2015-09-12 19:55:43,834-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Windows API error 87: The parameter is incorrect.
2015-09-12 19:55:43,834-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:ProgramDataMiKTeX2.9miktex/data/leb1cfc6be702f63eea92ca0fbc9559e5c.fndb
2015-09-12 19:55:43,834-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCorewinwinMemoryMappedFile.cpp
2015-09-12 19:55:43,834-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 120
2015-09-12 19:56:33,540-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - installing package standalone triggered by texlatexstandalonestandalone.cls
2015-09-12 19:56:33,903-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: starting package maintenance...
2015-09-12 19:56:33,904-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: installation directory: "C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9"
2015-09-12 19:56:33,904-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: package repository: http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/
2015-09-12 19:56:34,071-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: lightweight database digest: effaaa46816771ed79be6c0905c3d630
2015-09-12 19:56:34,071-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: going to download 314852 bytes
2015-09-12 19:56:34,071-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: going to install 8 file(s) (1 package(s))
2015-09-12 19:56:34,072-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: downloading http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/standalone.tar.lzma...
2015-09-12 19:56:34,856-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: 314852 bytes, 393.69 KB/Sec
2015-09-12 19:56:34,858-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: extracting files from standalone.tar.lzma...
2015-09-12 19:56:34,887-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Windows API error 87: The parameter is incorrect.
2015-09-12 19:56:34,887-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:ProgramDataMiKTeX2.9miktex/data/leb1cfc6be702f63eea92ca0fbc9559e5c.fndb
2015-09-12 19:56:34,887-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCorewinwinMemoryMappedFile.cpp
2015-09-12 19:56:34,887-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 120
2015-09-12 20:02:10,783-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 20:02:11,019-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 20:02:11,020-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 20:02:11,020-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 20:02:11,020-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 20:03:12,810-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 20:03:13,031-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 20:03:13,032-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 20:03:13,032-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 20:03:13,032-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 20:06:53,271-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 20:06:53,497-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 20:06:53,498-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 20:06:53,498-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 20:06:53,498-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 20:08:00,190-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 20:08:00,413-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
errors packages
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35
Community♦
1
asked Sep 13 '15 at 0:17
RakshaRaksha
184119
There seems to be problems with MiKTeX since an update at the end of last month. Did you try deleting auxiliary files?
– Bernard
Sep 13 '15 at 0:58
I don't know what those are or how to do that >.> This is literally my first time using LaTeX
– Raksha
Sep 13 '15 at 1:40
Well we had a few problems these days – perhaps due to a corrupted finename database, but I can't say more, I don't these technicalities. That said, to delete auxiliary files, that depends on your editor.
– Bernard
Sep 13 '15 at 1:57
Did you search this site for similar questions? This has been reported quite a lot. AFAIR one recommendation is to do a repro sync. The open the package manager (probably the admin one) search for all package names with miktex as a part of the title and install them.
– daleif
Sep 13 '15 at 6:21
2
Have you tried updating your system via the Update Wizard? See also How should one maintain and update a MiKTeX installation?. I suspect this is the same general issue as MiKTeX: Two things did not succeed, but I can't say for sure. The message aboutforest.stylooks quite suspicious if it came from the example above.
– moewe
Sep 13 '15 at 7:00
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I just installed MikTex 2.9 and tried just making a simple table:
documentclass{article}
begin{document}
begin{table}[h!]
begin{center}
caption{Caption for the table.}
label{tab:table1}
begin{tabular}{l|c||r}
1 & 2 & 3\
hline
a & b & c\
end{tabular}
end{center}
end{table}
end{document}
but got this message:
You may want to visit the MiKTeX project page (http://miktex.org), if you
need help.
Sorry, but C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbinmiktex-pdftex.exe did not succeed.
The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going again:
C:/Users/Solarmew/AppData/Local/MiKTeX/2.9/miktex/log/miktex-pdftex.log
You may want to visit the MiKTeX project page (http://miktex.org), if you
need help.
first I tried the solution here (Open the package manager (admin), use repositories -> synchronize) and it didn't give me the same error, but this time it said forest.sty not found, so I went here and followed the advise and changed package repository by checking "packages shall be installed from the internet". Now I have the first error back and it's not going away :(
here's the log:
2015-09-12 19:38:41,935-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 19:38:41,985-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 19:38:41,985-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 19:38:41,985-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 19:38:41,985-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 19:39:28,578-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 19:39:28,630-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 19:39:28,630-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 19:39:28,630-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 19:39:28,630-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 19:41:23,134-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 19:41:23,183-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 19:41:23,184-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 19:41:23,184-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 19:41:23,184-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 19:47:23,559-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 19:47:23,612-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 19:47:23,612-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 19:47:23,612-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 19:47:23,612-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 19:47:28,535-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 19:47:28,588-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 19:47:28,588-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 19:47:28,588-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 19:47:28,588-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 19:55:27,809-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - installing package pgf triggered by texlatexpgffrontendlayertikz.sty
2015-09-12 19:55:28,190-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: starting package maintenance...
2015-09-12 19:55:28,190-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: installation directory: "C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9"
2015-09-12 19:55:28,190-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: package repository: http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/
2015-09-12 19:55:28,433-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: lightweight database digest: fd7a40a42ed2f1e70be3b6bdb1baccf2
2015-09-12 19:55:28,434-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: going to download 9467103 bytes
2015-09-12 19:55:28,434-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: going to install 658 file(s) (1 package(s))
2015-09-12 19:55:28,435-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: downloading http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/pgf.tar.lzma...
2015-09-12 19:55:42,770-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: 10594095 bytes, 722.22 KB/Sec
2015-09-12 19:55:42,798-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: visiting repository http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/...
2015-09-12 19:55:42,798-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: repository type: remote package repository
2015-09-12 19:55:42,798-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: loading lightweight database...
2015-09-12 19:55:42,799-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: downloading http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/miktex-zzdb1-2.9.tar.lzma...
2015-09-12 19:55:43,053-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: 157260 bytes, 604.62 KB/Sec
2015-09-12 19:55:43,249-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: lightweight database digest: effaaa46816771ed79be6c0905c3d630
2015-09-12 19:55:43,275-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: extracting files from pgf.tar.lzma...
2015-09-12 19:55:43,834-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Windows API error 87: The parameter is incorrect.
2015-09-12 19:55:43,834-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:ProgramDataMiKTeX2.9miktex/data/leb1cfc6be702f63eea92ca0fbc9559e5c.fndb
2015-09-12 19:55:43,834-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCorewinwinMemoryMappedFile.cpp
2015-09-12 19:55:43,834-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 120
2015-09-12 19:56:33,540-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - installing package standalone triggered by texlatexstandalonestandalone.cls
2015-09-12 19:56:33,903-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: starting package maintenance...
2015-09-12 19:56:33,904-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: installation directory: "C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9"
2015-09-12 19:56:33,904-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: package repository: http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/
2015-09-12 19:56:34,071-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: lightweight database digest: effaaa46816771ed79be6c0905c3d630
2015-09-12 19:56:34,071-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: going to download 314852 bytes
2015-09-12 19:56:34,071-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: going to install 8 file(s) (1 package(s))
2015-09-12 19:56:34,072-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: downloading http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/standalone.tar.lzma...
2015-09-12 19:56:34,856-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: 314852 bytes, 393.69 KB/Sec
2015-09-12 19:56:34,858-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: extracting files from standalone.tar.lzma...
2015-09-12 19:56:34,887-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Windows API error 87: The parameter is incorrect.
2015-09-12 19:56:34,887-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:ProgramDataMiKTeX2.9miktex/data/leb1cfc6be702f63eea92ca0fbc9559e5c.fndb
2015-09-12 19:56:34,887-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCorewinwinMemoryMappedFile.cpp
2015-09-12 19:56:34,887-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 120
2015-09-12 20:02:10,783-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 20:02:11,019-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 20:02:11,020-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 20:02:11,020-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 20:02:11,020-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 20:03:12,810-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 20:03:13,031-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 20:03:13,032-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 20:03:13,032-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 20:03:13,032-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 20:06:53,271-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 20:06:53,497-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 20:06:53,498-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 20:06:53,498-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 20:06:53,498-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 20:08:00,190-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 20:08:00,413-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
errors packages
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35
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asked Sep 13 '15 at 0:17
RakshaRaksha
184119
I just installed MikTex 2.9 and tried just making a simple table:
documentclass{article}
begin{document}
begin{table}[h!]
begin{center}
caption{Caption for the table.}
label{tab:table1}
begin{tabular}{l|c||r}
1 & 2 & 3\
hline
a & b & c\
end{tabular}
end{center}
end{table}
end{document}
but got this message:
You may want to visit the MiKTeX project page (http://miktex.org), if you
need help.
Sorry, but C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbinmiktex-pdftex.exe did not succeed.
The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going again:
C:/Users/Solarmew/AppData/Local/MiKTeX/2.9/miktex/log/miktex-pdftex.log
You may want to visit the MiKTeX project page (http://miktex.org), if you
need help.
first I tried the solution here (Open the package manager (admin), use repositories -> synchronize) and it didn't give me the same error, but this time it said forest.sty not found, so I went here and followed the advise and changed package repository by checking "packages shall be installed from the internet". Now I have the first error back and it's not going away :(
here's the log:
2015-09-12 19:38:41,935-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 19:38:41,985-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 19:38:41,985-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 19:38:41,985-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 19:38:41,985-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 19:39:28,578-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 19:39:28,630-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 19:39:28,630-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 19:39:28,630-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 19:39:28,630-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 19:41:23,134-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 19:41:23,183-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 19:41:23,184-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 19:41:23,184-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 19:41:23,184-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 19:47:23,559-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 19:47:23,612-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 19:47:23,612-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 19:47:23,612-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 19:47:23,612-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 19:47:28,535-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 19:47:28,588-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 19:47:28,588-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 19:47:28,588-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 19:47:28,588-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 19:55:27,809-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - installing package pgf triggered by texlatexpgffrontendlayertikz.sty
2015-09-12 19:55:28,190-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: starting package maintenance...
2015-09-12 19:55:28,190-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: installation directory: "C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9"
2015-09-12 19:55:28,190-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: package repository: http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/
2015-09-12 19:55:28,433-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: lightweight database digest: fd7a40a42ed2f1e70be3b6bdb1baccf2
2015-09-12 19:55:28,434-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: going to download 9467103 bytes
2015-09-12 19:55:28,434-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: going to install 658 file(s) (1 package(s))
2015-09-12 19:55:28,435-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: downloading http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/pgf.tar.lzma...
2015-09-12 19:55:42,770-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: 10594095 bytes, 722.22 KB/Sec
2015-09-12 19:55:42,798-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: visiting repository http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/...
2015-09-12 19:55:42,798-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: repository type: remote package repository
2015-09-12 19:55:42,798-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: loading lightweight database...
2015-09-12 19:55:42,799-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: downloading http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/miktex-zzdb1-2.9.tar.lzma...
2015-09-12 19:55:43,053-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: 157260 bytes, 604.62 KB/Sec
2015-09-12 19:55:43,249-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: lightweight database digest: effaaa46816771ed79be6c0905c3d630
2015-09-12 19:55:43,275-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: extracting files from pgf.tar.lzma...
2015-09-12 19:55:43,834-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Windows API error 87: The parameter is incorrect.
2015-09-12 19:55:43,834-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:ProgramDataMiKTeX2.9miktex/data/leb1cfc6be702f63eea92ca0fbc9559e5c.fndb
2015-09-12 19:55:43,834-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCorewinwinMemoryMappedFile.cpp
2015-09-12 19:55:43,834-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 120
2015-09-12 19:56:33,540-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - installing package standalone triggered by texlatexstandalonestandalone.cls
2015-09-12 19:56:33,903-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: starting package maintenance...
2015-09-12 19:56:33,904-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: installation directory: "C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9"
2015-09-12 19:56:33,904-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: package repository: http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/
2015-09-12 19:56:34,071-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: lightweight database digest: effaaa46816771ed79be6c0905c3d630
2015-09-12 19:56:34,071-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: going to download 314852 bytes
2015-09-12 19:56:34,071-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: going to install 8 file(s) (1 package(s))
2015-09-12 19:56:34,072-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: downloading http://mirror.jmu.edu/pub/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/standalone.tar.lzma...
2015-09-12 19:56:34,856-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: 314852 bytes, 393.69 KB/Sec
2015-09-12 19:56:34,858-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - mpm: extracting files from standalone.tar.lzma...
2015-09-12 19:56:34,887-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Windows API error 87: The parameter is incorrect.
2015-09-12 19:56:34,887-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:ProgramDataMiKTeX2.9miktex/data/leb1cfc6be702f63eea92ca0fbc9559e5c.fndb
2015-09-12 19:56:34,887-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCorewinwinMemoryMappedFile.cpp
2015-09-12 19:56:34,887-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 120
2015-09-12 20:02:10,783-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 20:02:11,019-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 20:02:11,020-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 20:02:11,020-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 20:02:11,020-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 20:03:12,810-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 20:03:13,031-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 20:03:13,032-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 20:03:13,032-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 20:03:13,032-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 20:06:53,271-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 20:06:53,497-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 20:06:53,498-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 20:06:53,498-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 20:06:53,498-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
2015-09-12 20:08:00,190-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 20:08:00,413-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
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There seems to be problems with MiKTeX since an update at the end of last month. Did you try deleting auxiliary files?
– Bernard
Sep 13 '15 at 0:58
I don't know what those are or how to do that >.> This is literally my first time using LaTeX
– Raksha
Sep 13 '15 at 1:40
Well we had a few problems these days – perhaps due to a corrupted finename database, but I can't say more, I don't these technicalities. That said, to delete auxiliary files, that depends on your editor.
– Bernard
Sep 13 '15 at 1:57
Did you search this site for similar questions? This has been reported quite a lot. AFAIR one recommendation is to do a repro sync. The open the package manager (probably the admin one) search for all package names with miktex as a part of the title and install them.
– daleif
Sep 13 '15 at 6:21
2
Have you tried updating your system via the Update Wizard? See also How should one maintain and update a MiKTeX installation?. I suspect this is the same general issue as MiKTeX: Two things did not succeed, but I can't say for sure. The message aboutforest.stylooks quite suspicious if it came from the example above.
– moewe
Sep 13 '15 at 7:00
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There seems to be problems with MiKTeX since an update at the end of last month. Did you try deleting auxiliary files?
– Bernard
Sep 13 '15 at 0:58
I don't know what those are or how to do that >.> This is literally my first time using LaTeX
– Raksha
Sep 13 '15 at 1:40
Well we had a few problems these days – perhaps due to a corrupted finename database, but I can't say more, I don't these technicalities. That said, to delete auxiliary files, that depends on your editor.
– Bernard
Sep 13 '15 at 1:57
Did you search this site for similar questions? This has been reported quite a lot. AFAIR one recommendation is to do a repro sync. The open the package manager (probably the admin one) search for all package names with miktex as a part of the title and install them.
– daleif
Sep 13 '15 at 6:21
2
Have you tried updating your system via the Update Wizard? See also How should one maintain and update a MiKTeX installation?. I suspect this is the same general issue as MiKTeX: Two things did not succeed, but I can't say for sure. The message aboutforest.stylooks quite suspicious if it came from the example above.
– moewe
Sep 13 '15 at 7:00
There seems to be problems with MiKTeX since an update at the end of last month. Did you try deleting auxiliary files?
– Bernard
Sep 13 '15 at 0:58
There seems to be problems with MiKTeX since an update at the end of last month. Did you try deleting auxiliary files?
– Bernard
Sep 13 '15 at 0:58
I don't know what those are or how to do that >.> This is literally my first time using LaTeX
– Raksha
Sep 13 '15 at 1:40
I don't know what those are or how to do that >.> This is literally my first time using LaTeX
– Raksha
Sep 13 '15 at 1:40
Well we had a few problems these days – perhaps due to a corrupted finename database, but I can't say more, I don't these technicalities. That said, to delete auxiliary files, that depends on your editor.
– Bernard
Sep 13 '15 at 1:57
Well we had a few problems these days – perhaps due to a corrupted finename database, but I can't say more, I don't these technicalities. That said, to delete auxiliary files, that depends on your editor.
– Bernard
Sep 13 '15 at 1:57
Did you search this site for similar questions? This has been reported quite a lot. AFAIR one recommendation is to do a repro sync. The open the package manager (probably the admin one) search for all package names with miktex as a part of the title and install them.
– daleif
Sep 13 '15 at 6:21
Did you search this site for similar questions? This has been reported quite a lot. AFAIR one recommendation is to do a repro sync. The open the package manager (probably the admin one) search for all package names with miktex as a part of the title and install them.
– daleif
Sep 13 '15 at 6:21
2
2
Have you tried updating your system via the Update Wizard? See also How should one maintain and update a MiKTeX installation?. I suspect this is the same general issue as MiKTeX: Two things did not succeed, but I can't say for sure. The message about
forest.sty looks quite suspicious if it came from the example above.– moewe
Sep 13 '15 at 7:00
Have you tried updating your system via the Update Wizard? See also How should one maintain and update a MiKTeX installation?. I suspect this is the same general issue as MiKTeX: Two things did not succeed, but I can't say for sure. The message about
forest.sty looks quite suspicious if it came from the example above.– moewe
Sep 13 '15 at 7:00
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The problem is with your installation, not updating packages. I had the same errors installing MiKTeX 2.9.5721 on windows 10 today.
2015-09-12 20:08:00,190-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 20:08:00,413-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
After trying several fixes in this thread, this is what worked for me. I think first, there's a problem with the permissions in C:/Program Files (x86), which you can fix by creating a file on C:/ directly. Second (for me, maybe not you), I think there was an issue with another program trying to use one of the pdf map dl files (?) which was mentioned here. To solve this:
- uninstalled my previous version of MiKTeX2.9
- uninstalled adobe reader
- reinstalled adobe reader
- reboot
- moved the MiKTeX download to a folder on the desktop
- created a folder C:/MiKTeX 2.9
- ran the install wizard and installed to my new folder as single user. (I never got the system install to work.)
- After the wizard, immediately run MiKTeX Update Wizard. I selected to update only miktex-texworks-bin. (If I didn't run the updates before trying to TeX a document, nothing worked at all.)
You may be able to get away with not messing with your PDF viewer install, but definitely try creating a folder other than the Program Files (x86).
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35
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answered Nov 19 '15 at 4:28
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I had exactly the same problem. It was being caused by a version of the PDF that was also open on Adobe. Looks like the logging is not very accurate on it.
– marco
Oct 11 '16 at 10:51
2
My problem was solved only by installing as single user. Did not need to do all steps.
– RMAAlmeida
May 30 '17 at 19:55
add a comment |
That error can also appear, when you insert an image and the path of the image has special symbols in it like umlauts (ä,ü,ö). So make sure you don't have any of these in your image path.
answered Apr 18 '17 at 2:04
SheldorSheldor
411
add a comment |
I have this error just because I opened the pdf file in Adobe Reader while I am compiling the Latex. Simply close this pdf file in Adobe Reader will solve the problem.
answered Mar 7 '17 at 13:17
Siyi ZhouSiyi Zhou
111
add a comment |
I had the same issue, this solution solved it without re-installation of MikTeX. Just search for MikTex Update (Admin) and update all the updatable packages. the first time the select all button is grayed out. go ahead with the preselected updates and finish. and then update again, this time select all. The trick is to run the Admin version of MikTex Update. That's it!
answered Dec 11 '17 at 15:36
FoadFoad
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In my case the problem was that the PDF document was open (in the browser) when I wanted to build it.
edited Dec 10 '18 at 13:42
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answered Dec 10 '18 at 12:24
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My problem was that I had two installations of MikTeX on my system (for whatever reason I don't know).
Simply deleting one of them solved the problem.
answered May 31 '16 at 7:27
AttaqueAttaque
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I had the same problem and looked into the log. It said that this command had failed:
C:Program FilesMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64>initexmf.exe --mklinks --mkmaps
I opened a command prompt in administrator mode and executed it and now pdflatex is working for me. I first tried to execute that in a non-administrator window and it failed because of permissions. So I am pretty sure this is the right solution.
answered Aug 8 '17 at 16:38
Mike BarnettMike Barnett
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Had a similar Problem:
Sorry, but pdflatex did not succeed.
The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going again:
C:/Users/Solarmew/AppData/Local/MiKTeX/2.9/miktex/log/pdflatex.log
--> set texmaker as default program for *.tex data solved this (... because texworks was set as default program)
edited Dec 10 '18 at 13:30
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I had this problem, and the "solution" was to close the PDF that was open in another application (Microsoft Edge).
answered Feb 19 at 1:34
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I experience this issue and the way I resolved this was by uninstalling MiKTeX and TexStudio and reinstall them and the issue was resolved.
Thank You.
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The problem is with your installation, not updating packages. I had the same errors installing MiKTeX 2.9.5721 on windows 10 today.
2015-09-12 20:08:00,190-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 20:08:00,413-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
After trying several fixes in this thread, this is what worked for me. I think first, there's a problem with the permissions in C:/Program Files (x86), which you can fix by creating a file on C:/ directly. Second (for me, maybe not you), I think there was an issue with another program trying to use one of the pdf map dl files (?) which was mentioned here. To solve this:
- uninstalled my previous version of MiKTeX2.9
- uninstalled adobe reader
- reinstalled adobe reader
- reboot
- moved the MiKTeX download to a folder on the desktop
- created a folder C:/MiKTeX 2.9
- ran the install wizard and installed to my new folder as single user. (I never got the system install to work.)
- After the wizard, immediately run MiKTeX Update Wizard. I selected to update only miktex-texworks-bin. (If I didn't run the updates before trying to TeX a document, nothing worked at all.)
You may be able to get away with not messing with your PDF viewer install, but definitely try creating a folder other than the Program Files (x86).
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35
Community♦
1
answered Nov 19 '15 at 4:28
SkiDocSkiDoc
11624
2
I had exactly the same problem. It was being caused by a version of the PDF that was also open on Adobe. Looks like the logging is not very accurate on it.
– marco
Oct 11 '16 at 10:51
2
My problem was solved only by installing as single user. Did not need to do all steps.
– RMAAlmeida
May 30 '17 at 19:55
add a comment |
The problem is with your installation, not updating packages. I had the same errors installing MiKTeX 2.9.5721 on windows 10 today.
2015-09-12 20:08:00,190-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 20:08:00,413-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
After trying several fixes in this thread, this is what worked for me. I think first, there's a problem with the permissions in C:/Program Files (x86), which you can fix by creating a file on C:/ directly. Second (for me, maybe not you), I think there was an issue with another program trying to use one of the pdf map dl files (?) which was mentioned here. To solve this:
- uninstalled my previous version of MiKTeX2.9
- uninstalled adobe reader
- reinstalled adobe reader
- reboot
- moved the MiKTeX download to a folder on the desktop
- created a folder C:/MiKTeX 2.9
- ran the install wizard and installed to my new folder as single user. (I never got the system install to work.)
- After the wizard, immediately run MiKTeX Update Wizard. I selected to update only miktex-texworks-bin. (If I didn't run the updates before trying to TeX a document, nothing worked at all.)
You may be able to get away with not messing with your PDF viewer install, but definitely try creating a folder other than the Program Files (x86).
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35
Community♦
1
answered Nov 19 '15 at 4:28
SkiDocSkiDoc
11624
2
I had exactly the same problem. It was being caused by a version of the PDF that was also open on Adobe. Looks like the logging is not very accurate on it.
– marco
Oct 11 '16 at 10:51
2
My problem was solved only by installing as single user. Did not need to do all steps.
– RMAAlmeida
May 30 '17 at 19:55
add a comment |
The problem is with your installation, not updating packages. I had the same errors installing MiKTeX 2.9.5721 on windows 10 today.
2015-09-12 20:08:00,190-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 20:08:00,413-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
After trying several fixes in this thread, this is what worked for me. I think first, there's a problem with the permissions in C:/Program Files (x86), which you can fix by creating a file on C:/ directly. Second (for me, maybe not you), I think there was an issue with another program trying to use one of the pdf map dl files (?) which was mentioned here. To solve this:
- uninstalled my previous version of MiKTeX2.9
- uninstalled adobe reader
- reinstalled adobe reader
- reboot
- moved the MiKTeX download to a folder on the desktop
- created a folder C:/MiKTeX 2.9
- ran the install wizard and installed to my new folder as single user. (I never got the system install to work.)
- After the wizard, immediately run MiKTeX Update Wizard. I selected to update only miktex-texworks-bin. (If I didn't run the updates before trying to TeX a document, nothing worked at all.)
You may be able to get away with not messing with your PDF viewer install, but definitely try creating a folder other than the Program Files (x86).
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35
Community♦
1
answered Nov 19 '15 at 4:28
SkiDocSkiDoc
11624
The problem is with your installation, not updating packages. I had the same errors installing MiKTeX 2.9.5721 on windows 10 today.
2015-09-12 20:08:00,190-0400 INFO miktex-pdftex - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - The operation failed for some reason.
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Info: C:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbininitexmf.exe
2015-09-12 20:08:00,412-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Source: LibrariesMiKTeXCoreProcess.cpp
2015-09-12 20:08:00,413-0400 FATAL miktex-pdftex - Line: 290
After trying several fixes in this thread, this is what worked for me. I think first, there's a problem with the permissions in C:/Program Files (x86), which you can fix by creating a file on C:/ directly. Second (for me, maybe not you), I think there was an issue with another program trying to use one of the pdf map dl files (?) which was mentioned here. To solve this:
- uninstalled my previous version of MiKTeX2.9
- uninstalled adobe reader
- reinstalled adobe reader
- reboot
- moved the MiKTeX download to a folder on the desktop
- created a folder C:/MiKTeX 2.9
- ran the install wizard and installed to my new folder as single user. (I never got the system install to work.)
- After the wizard, immediately run MiKTeX Update Wizard. I selected to update only miktex-texworks-bin. (If I didn't run the updates before trying to TeX a document, nothing worked at all.)
You may be able to get away with not messing with your PDF viewer install, but definitely try creating a folder other than the Program Files (x86).
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35
Community♦
1
answered Nov 19 '15 at 4:28
SkiDocSkiDoc
11624
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35
Community♦
1
edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35
Community♦
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edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35
Community♦
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answered Nov 19 '15 at 4:28
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answered Nov 19 '15 at 4:28
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answered Nov 19 '15 at 4:28
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11624
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I had exactly the same problem. It was being caused by a version of the PDF that was also open on Adobe. Looks like the logging is not very accurate on it.
– marco
Oct 11 '16 at 10:51
2
My problem was solved only by installing as single user. Did not need to do all steps.
– RMAAlmeida
May 30 '17 at 19:55
add a comment |
2
I had exactly the same problem. It was being caused by a version of the PDF that was also open on Adobe. Looks like the logging is not very accurate on it.
– marco
Oct 11 '16 at 10:51
2
My problem was solved only by installing as single user. Did not need to do all steps.
– RMAAlmeida
May 30 '17 at 19:55
2
2
I had exactly the same problem. It was being caused by a version of the PDF that was also open on Adobe. Looks like the logging is not very accurate on it.
– marco
Oct 11 '16 at 10:51
I had exactly the same problem. It was being caused by a version of the PDF that was also open on Adobe. Looks like the logging is not very accurate on it.
– marco
Oct 11 '16 at 10:51
2
2
My problem was solved only by installing as single user. Did not need to do all steps.
– RMAAlmeida
May 30 '17 at 19:55
My problem was solved only by installing as single user. Did not need to do all steps.
– RMAAlmeida
May 30 '17 at 19:55
add a comment |
That error can also appear, when you insert an image and the path of the image has special symbols in it like umlauts (ä,ü,ö). So make sure you don't have any of these in your image path.
answered Apr 18 '17 at 2:04
SheldorSheldor
411
add a comment |
That error can also appear, when you insert an image and the path of the image has special symbols in it like umlauts (ä,ü,ö). So make sure you don't have any of these in your image path.
answered Apr 18 '17 at 2:04
SheldorSheldor
411
add a comment |
That error can also appear, when you insert an image and the path of the image has special symbols in it like umlauts (ä,ü,ö). So make sure you don't have any of these in your image path.
answered Apr 18 '17 at 2:04
SheldorSheldor
411
That error can also appear, when you insert an image and the path of the image has special symbols in it like umlauts (ä,ü,ö). So make sure you don't have any of these in your image path.
answered Apr 18 '17 at 2:04
SheldorSheldor
411
answered Apr 18 '17 at 2:04
SheldorSheldor
411
answered Apr 18 '17 at 2:04
SheldorSheldor
411
answered Apr 18 '17 at 2:04
SheldorSheldor
411
411
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add a comment |
I have this error just because I opened the pdf file in Adobe Reader while I am compiling the Latex. Simply close this pdf file in Adobe Reader will solve the problem.
answered Mar 7 '17 at 13:17
Siyi ZhouSiyi Zhou
111
add a comment |
I have this error just because I opened the pdf file in Adobe Reader while I am compiling the Latex. Simply close this pdf file in Adobe Reader will solve the problem.
answered Mar 7 '17 at 13:17
Siyi ZhouSiyi Zhou
111
add a comment |
I have this error just because I opened the pdf file in Adobe Reader while I am compiling the Latex. Simply close this pdf file in Adobe Reader will solve the problem.
answered Mar 7 '17 at 13:17
Siyi ZhouSiyi Zhou
111
I have this error just because I opened the pdf file in Adobe Reader while I am compiling the Latex. Simply close this pdf file in Adobe Reader will solve the problem.
answered Mar 7 '17 at 13:17
Siyi ZhouSiyi Zhou
111
answered Mar 7 '17 at 13:17
Siyi ZhouSiyi Zhou
111
answered Mar 7 '17 at 13:17
Siyi ZhouSiyi Zhou
111
answered Mar 7 '17 at 13:17
Siyi ZhouSiyi Zhou
111
111
add a comment |
add a comment |
I had the same issue, this solution solved it without re-installation of MikTeX. Just search for MikTex Update (Admin) and update all the updatable packages. the first time the select all button is grayed out. go ahead with the preselected updates and finish. and then update again, this time select all. The trick is to run the Admin version of MikTex Update. That's it!
answered Dec 11 '17 at 15:36
FoadFoad
415312
add a comment |
I had the same issue, this solution solved it without re-installation of MikTeX. Just search for MikTex Update (Admin) and update all the updatable packages. the first time the select all button is grayed out. go ahead with the preselected updates and finish. and then update again, this time select all. The trick is to run the Admin version of MikTex Update. That's it!
answered Dec 11 '17 at 15:36
FoadFoad
415312
add a comment |
I had the same issue, this solution solved it without re-installation of MikTeX. Just search for MikTex Update (Admin) and update all the updatable packages. the first time the select all button is grayed out. go ahead with the preselected updates and finish. and then update again, this time select all. The trick is to run the Admin version of MikTex Update. That's it!
answered Dec 11 '17 at 15:36
FoadFoad
415312
I had the same issue, this solution solved it without re-installation of MikTeX. Just search for MikTex Update (Admin) and update all the updatable packages. the first time the select all button is grayed out. go ahead with the preselected updates and finish. and then update again, this time select all. The trick is to run the Admin version of MikTex Update. That's it!
answered Dec 11 '17 at 15:36
FoadFoad
415312
edited Jan 9 '18 at 8:10
answered Dec 11 '17 at 15:36
FoadFoad
415312
answered Dec 11 '17 at 15:36
FoadFoad
415312
answered Dec 11 '17 at 15:36
FoadFoad
415312
415312
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add a comment |
In my case the problem was that the PDF document was open (in the browser) when I wanted to build it.
edited Dec 10 '18 at 13:42
siracusa
5,23011429
answered Dec 10 '18 at 12:24
user176501user176501
111
add a comment |
In my case the problem was that the PDF document was open (in the browser) when I wanted to build it.
edited Dec 10 '18 at 13:42
siracusa
5,23011429
answered Dec 10 '18 at 12:24
user176501user176501
111
add a comment |
In my case the problem was that the PDF document was open (in the browser) when I wanted to build it.
edited Dec 10 '18 at 13:42
siracusa
5,23011429
answered Dec 10 '18 at 12:24
user176501user176501
111
In my case the problem was that the PDF document was open (in the browser) when I wanted to build it.
edited Dec 10 '18 at 13:42
siracusa
5,23011429
answered Dec 10 '18 at 12:24
user176501user176501
111
edited Dec 10 '18 at 13:42
siracusa
5,23011429
edited Dec 10 '18 at 13:42
siracusa
5,23011429
edited Dec 10 '18 at 13:42
siracusa
5,23011429
5,23011429
answered Dec 10 '18 at 12:24
user176501user176501
111
answered Dec 10 '18 at 12:24
user176501user176501
111
answered Dec 10 '18 at 12:24
user176501user176501
111
111
add a comment |
add a comment |
My problem was that I had two installations of MikTeX on my system (for whatever reason I don't know).
Simply deleting one of them solved the problem.
answered May 31 '16 at 7:27
AttaqueAttaque
17112
add a comment |
My problem was that I had two installations of MikTeX on my system (for whatever reason I don't know).
Simply deleting one of them solved the problem.
answered May 31 '16 at 7:27
AttaqueAttaque
17112
add a comment |
My problem was that I had two installations of MikTeX on my system (for whatever reason I don't know).
Simply deleting one of them solved the problem.
answered May 31 '16 at 7:27
AttaqueAttaque
17112
My problem was that I had two installations of MikTeX on my system (for whatever reason I don't know).
Simply deleting one of them solved the problem.
answered May 31 '16 at 7:27
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I had the same problem and looked into the log. It said that this command had failed:
C:Program FilesMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64>initexmf.exe --mklinks --mkmaps
I opened a command prompt in administrator mode and executed it and now pdflatex is working for me. I first tried to execute that in a non-administrator window and it failed because of permissions. So I am pretty sure this is the right solution.
answered Aug 8 '17 at 16:38
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I had the same problem and looked into the log. It said that this command had failed:
C:Program FilesMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64>initexmf.exe --mklinks --mkmaps
I opened a command prompt in administrator mode and executed it and now pdflatex is working for me. I first tried to execute that in a non-administrator window and it failed because of permissions. So I am pretty sure this is the right solution.
answered Aug 8 '17 at 16:38
Mike BarnettMike Barnett
111
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I had the same problem and looked into the log. It said that this command had failed:
C:Program FilesMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64>initexmf.exe --mklinks --mkmaps
I opened a command prompt in administrator mode and executed it and now pdflatex is working for me. I first tried to execute that in a non-administrator window and it failed because of permissions. So I am pretty sure this is the right solution.
answered Aug 8 '17 at 16:38
Mike BarnettMike Barnett
111
I had the same problem and looked into the log. It said that this command had failed:
C:Program FilesMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64>initexmf.exe --mklinks --mkmaps
I opened a command prompt in administrator mode and executed it and now pdflatex is working for me. I first tried to execute that in a non-administrator window and it failed because of permissions. So I am pretty sure this is the right solution.
answered Aug 8 '17 at 16:38
Mike BarnettMike Barnett
111
answered Aug 8 '17 at 16:38
Mike BarnettMike Barnett
111
answered Aug 8 '17 at 16:38
Mike BarnettMike Barnett
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answered Aug 8 '17 at 16:38
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Had a similar Problem:
Sorry, but pdflatex did not succeed.
The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going again:
C:/Users/Solarmew/AppData/Local/MiKTeX/2.9/miktex/log/pdflatex.log
--> set texmaker as default program for *.tex data solved this (... because texworks was set as default program)
edited Dec 10 '18 at 13:30
Romain Picot
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answered Sep 25 '17 at 13:11
user144237user144237
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Had a similar Problem:
Sorry, but pdflatex did not succeed.
The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going again:
C:/Users/Solarmew/AppData/Local/MiKTeX/2.9/miktex/log/pdflatex.log
--> set texmaker as default program for *.tex data solved this (... because texworks was set as default program)
edited Dec 10 '18 at 13:30
Romain Picot
4,52731952
answered Sep 25 '17 at 13:11
user144237user144237
1
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Had a similar Problem:
Sorry, but pdflatex did not succeed.
The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going again:
C:/Users/Solarmew/AppData/Local/MiKTeX/2.9/miktex/log/pdflatex.log
--> set texmaker as default program for *.tex data solved this (... because texworks was set as default program)
edited Dec 10 '18 at 13:30
Romain Picot
4,52731952
answered Sep 25 '17 at 13:11
user144237user144237
1
Had a similar Problem:
Sorry, but pdflatex did not succeed.
The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going again:
C:/Users/Solarmew/AppData/Local/MiKTeX/2.9/miktex/log/pdflatex.log
--> set texmaker as default program for *.tex data solved this (... because texworks was set as default program)
edited Dec 10 '18 at 13:30
Romain Picot
4,52731952
answered Sep 25 '17 at 13:11
user144237user144237
1
edited Dec 10 '18 at 13:30
Romain Picot
4,52731952
edited Dec 10 '18 at 13:30
Romain Picot
4,52731952
edited Dec 10 '18 at 13:30
Romain Picot
4,52731952
4,52731952
answered Sep 25 '17 at 13:11
user144237user144237
1
answered Sep 25 '17 at 13:11
user144237user144237
1
answered Sep 25 '17 at 13:11
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1
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I had this problem, and the "solution" was to close the PDF that was open in another application (Microsoft Edge).
answered Feb 19 at 1:34
Kyle MillsKyle Mills
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I had this problem, and the "solution" was to close the PDF that was open in another application (Microsoft Edge).
answered Feb 19 at 1:34
Kyle MillsKyle Mills
616
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I had this problem, and the "solution" was to close the PDF that was open in another application (Microsoft Edge).
answered Feb 19 at 1:34
Kyle MillsKyle Mills
616
I had this problem, and the "solution" was to close the PDF that was open in another application (Microsoft Edge).
answered Feb 19 at 1:34
Kyle MillsKyle Mills
616
answered Feb 19 at 1:34
Kyle MillsKyle Mills
616
answered Feb 19 at 1:34
Kyle MillsKyle Mills
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answered Feb 19 at 1:34
Kyle MillsKyle Mills
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I experience this issue and the way I resolved this was by uninstalling MiKTeX and TexStudio and reinstall them and the issue was resolved.
Thank You.
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I experience this issue and the way I resolved this was by uninstalling MiKTeX and TexStudio and reinstall them and the issue was resolved.
Thank You.
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I experience this issue and the way I resolved this was by uninstalling MiKTeX and TexStudio and reinstall them and the issue was resolved.
Thank You.
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I experience this issue and the way I resolved this was by uninstalling MiKTeX and TexStudio and reinstall them and the issue was resolved.
Thank You.
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There seems to be problems with MiKTeX since an update at the end of last month. Did you try deleting auxiliary files?
– Bernard
Sep 13 '15 at 0:58
I don't know what those are or how to do that >.> This is literally my first time using LaTeX
– Raksha
Sep 13 '15 at 1:40
Well we had a few problems these days – perhaps due to a corrupted finename database, but I can't say more, I don't these technicalities. That said, to delete auxiliary files, that depends on your editor.
– Bernard
Sep 13 '15 at 1:57
Did you search this site for similar questions? This has been reported quite a lot. AFAIR one recommendation is to do a repro sync. The open the package manager (probably the admin one) search for all package names with miktex as a part of the title and install them.
– daleif
Sep 13 '15 at 6:21
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Have you tried updating your system via the Update Wizard? See also How should one maintain and update a MiKTeX installation?. I suspect this is the same general issue as MiKTeX: Two things did not succeed, but I can't say for sure. The message about
forest.stylooks quite suspicious if it came from the example above.– moewe
Sep 13 '15 at 7:00