[Tex/LaTex] Can’t find .bib-file in created root using MiKTeX

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I'm using MiKTeX 2.9 installed on drive C:\. (win7-64bit)

In MiKTeX options menu I added a new root under E:\drive\latexfiles\
This folder looks like 

/bibtex  
../bib  
../../misc  
../bst  
../../misc  
/tex  
../latex  
../../misc

My .bib-files are located in E:\drive\latexfiles\bibtex\bib\misc

I'm using 

\documentclass[conference]{IEEEtran}
\bibliographystyle{IEEEtran}
\bibliography{aais}

Scenarios:

  • Whenever compiling without \bibliography{aais} it compiles fine (although without the bibliography/references of course)
  • When I put a copy of the .bib-file in the same directory as the .tex-file (which is located in a completely different folder) it compiles fine, including the bibliography
  • Whenever I try compiling without the .bib file in the same folder, bibtex can't find the file and gives error (see below)

What I'm doing:

  • Clean up the output files
  • run latex
  • run bibtex
  • get error

The error message:

Process started 
    This is BibTeX, Version 0.99d (MiKTeX 2.9 64-bit) The top-level auxiliary file: bare_conf.aux
    The style file: IEEEtran.bst I couldn't open database file aais.bib ---line 42 of file bare_conf.aux : \bibdata{aais : }
    I'm skipping whatever remains of this command I found no database files---while reading file bare_conf.aux

Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "zave1995"
Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "sommervilleSE"
Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "w3cglossary"
Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "soabook"
Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "Breivold2007"
Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "Tsai2007"
Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "Gu2009"
Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "Ikram2014"
Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "Eck2003" -- IEEEtran.bst version 1.14 (2015/08/26) by Michael Shell. -- http://www.michaelshell.org/tex/ieeetran/bibtex/ -- See the "IEEEtran_bst_HOWTO.pdf" manual for usage information. Done. (There were 2 error messages)
        Process exited with error(s)

Things I've tried:

  1. put .bib-file one folder up.
  2. erased capitals from the path/filename. No spaces.
  3. put .bib one folder up

Am I missing something here?

I have a different LaTeX document I use that uses a .cls-file from E:\drive\latexfiles\tex\latex\misc just fine.

Best Answer

Solution: Click "Refresh FNDB" (accessible in Miktex settings/options. Tab General)

Presumeably, between using the other latex file and the new one, I renamed a folder when setting up bibliography synchronization with Mendeley Desktop, and forgot to refresh the FNDB.

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