I believe this is a frequently asked question, but I have been attempting to install MikTex 2.9 on my PC for over a week, read all previous threads pertaining to this issue, shut down all anti-virus software, did not rename,…, but I could not even ascertain if the MikTex has actually installed on my machine.
Following one of the suggestions from [this thread][1], I "right clicked" MikTex exe file on my Downloads folder and "run as administrator" as I have no way to avoid the exitCode="1" error at the end. Finally the latest version 6643 seems to have installed, but when I compiled with my Winedt, the pdflatex quickly stopped, saying pdflatex.exe did not succeed and… it was executed with the 6630 version!
Does this imply the latest version 6643 was not installed at all? Could anyone lend a helping hand on this?
I feel frustrated after upgrading to Windows 10 after which I was unable to run all stand-alone LaTeX editors on it.
FYI, if I did not use the "right click" –> "run as administrator" trick then this is error message I got from log file
initializing setup service...
starting installer...
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starting package maintenance...
installation directory: "C:\Users\hktse\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX 2.9"
package repository: C:\Users\hktse\AppData\Local\Temp\mik6527
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repository type: local package repository
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initexmf "--user-install=C:\Users\hktse\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX 2.9" "--common-install=C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9" --set-config-value=[Core]SharedSetup=0 "--log-file=C:\Users\hktse\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex/config\uninst.log" --disable-installer --verbose:
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Sorry, but "MiKTeX Configuration Utility" did not succeed.
The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going again:
C:/Users/hktse/AppData/Local/MiKTeX/2.9/miktex/log/initexmf.log
You may want to visit the MiKTeX project page, if you need help.
An error occurred:
source file: Libraries\MiKTeX\Core\Process\Process.cpp
source line: 166
message: The executed process did not succeed.
info: fileName="C:\Users\hktse\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex/bin/x64\initexmf.exe", exitCode="1"
Best Answer
While I cannot comment on the errors that you are receiving, I would suggest that you try to install the portable version of Miktex.
Miktex Portable
You can even install it on a flash-drive and use that installation on any MS-Windows machine.
The idea of the "Portable apps" is to contain all the installation files in one location and not to spread them across the system.
Although I would second Oleg's comment about Linux, I am actually quite happy with Miktex.