[Tex/LaTex] Change language preference in TeXworks

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I have installed the MikTeX 64 bit version for Windows, but the interface of the TeXworks editor uses some foreign language. During installation, it did not ask me my language preference. Is there an option to get back to English, I cant find any option regarding the same.

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To change the interface language of the TeXworks editor, go to Edit --> Preferences --> General.

The Edit menu is the second from the left, and the preferences is the bottom entry.
The General tab is the first tab, and the language is chosen in the drop down-menu at the bottom.

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[Tex/LaTex] How to automate using biber in MiKTeX-TeXworks

Let me suggest an other tool.

Every document has its own requirements regarding the compilation. As you wrote you need pdflatex, makeindex and biber. My recommended tool allows the setting of the compilation out of the tex file. The tool is named arara

Next to the short online introduction the author Paulo Cereda provides a complete manual which can be downloaded here: arara at github (download part)

arara provided and installer with some predefined rules. Based on your requirement you can setup you main tex file header as follows:

% arara: pdflatex: { draft: true }
% arara: makeindex: {  style: stylefile.ist }
% arara: biber
% arara: pdflatex: { synctex: true }
% arara: pdflatex: { synctex: true }

If you need only one compilation e.g. pdflatex you can comment the other assignments with a previous !:

% !arara: pdflatex: { draft: true }
% !arara: makeindex: {  style: stylefile.ist }
% !arara: biber
% !arara: pdflatex: { synctex: true }
% arara: pdflatex: { synctex: true }

The different compilation rules have more options and can be modified for your specification easily.

The integration and usage of the tool arara in TeXworks is described in the manual in section 4.1.

[Tex/LaTex] TeXworks won’t open *.cls extensions

This is what you can do.

I'm assuming that you've installed MiKTeX 64-bit and your installation directory is C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9.

Before proceeding, be sure that the file miktex-texworks.exe exists in the folder C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\x64.

Create a file additions.reg with the following contents (adjust it with the right directories if the above assumptions are not right):

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bib]
@="MiKTeX.bib.2.9"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.cls]
@="MiKTeX.cls.2.9"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.dtx]
@="MiKTeX.dtx.2.9"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.ltx]
@="MiKTeX.ltx.2.9"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.sty]
@="MiKTeX.sty.2.9"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.tex]
@="MiKTeX.tex.2.9"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.bib.2.9]
@="BibTeX Database"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.bib.2.9\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files\\MiKTeX 2.9\\miktex\\bin\\x64\\miktex-texworks.exe,-2"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.bib.2.9\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.bib.2.9\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.bib.2.9\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\MiKTeX 2.9\\miktex\\bin\\x64\\miktex-texworks.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.cls.2.9]
@="LaTeX Class"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.cls.2.9\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files\\MiKTeX 2.9\\miktex\\bin\\x64\\miktex-texworks.exe,-2"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.cls.2.9\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.cls.2.9\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.cls.2.9\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\MiKTeX 2.9\\miktex\\bin\\x64\\miktex-texworks.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.dtx.2.9]
@="LaTeX Macros"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.dtx.2.9\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files\\MiKTeX 2.9\\miktex\\bin\\x64\\miktex-texworks.exe,-2"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.dtx.2.9\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.dtx.2.9\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.dtx.2.9\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\MiKTeX 2.9\\miktex\\bin\\x64\\miktex-texworks.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.ltx.2.9]
@="LaTeX Document"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.ltx.2.9\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files\\MiKTeX 2.9\\miktex\\bin\\x64\\miktex-texworks.exe,-2"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.ltx.2.9\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.ltx.2.9\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.ltx.2.9\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\MiKTeX 2.9\\miktex\\bin\\x64\\miktex-texworks.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.sty.2.9]
@="LaTeX Style"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.sty.2.9\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files\\MiKTeX 2.9\\miktex\\bin\\x64\\miktex-texworks.exe,-2"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.sty.2.9\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.sty.2.9\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.sty.2.9\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\MiKTeX 2.9\\miktex\\bin\\x64\\miktex-texworks.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.tex.2.9]
@="TeX Document"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.tex.2.9\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files\\MiKTeX 2.9\\miktex\\bin\\x64\\miktex-texworks.exe,-2"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.tex.2.9\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.tex.2.9\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MiKTeX.tex.2.9\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\MiKTeX 2.9\\miktex\\bin\\x64\\miktex-texworks.exe\" \"%1\""

At this point, the only thing you have to do is to double-click this file so to add this information into the Windows registry. If you are not able to see the icons, restart Windows.

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