The whole problem started from the point that I wanted to compile something with LuaLaTeX or XeLaTex on my windows 10 from Tex Studio by MikTex 2.9.
I'd just received a utf-8 error, so according to some advice on TEX.SE, I'd decided to update my MikTex. I made it successfully, as one can see following log after update:
MiKTeX Update Wizard Report
Version: 2.9.4913
Date: Thursday, January 26, 2017
Time: 19:45:08
starting package maintenance...
installation directory: "C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9"
package repository: http://mirrors.rit.edu/CTAN/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/
lightweight database digest: 524ebef2c248e9780b88a6c588605d24
going to download 18543326 bytes
going to install 91 file(s) (12 package(s))
going to remove 1308 file(s) (45 package(s))
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mpm --register-components --verbose --admin:
configuring fontconfig\config\fonts.conf
registering C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex/bin\MiKTeX209-core.dll
registering C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex/bin\MiKTeX209-core-PS.dll
registering C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex/bin\MiKTeX209-packagemanager.dll
registering C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex/bin\MiKTeX209-packagemanager-PS.dll
log4cxx: No appender could be found for logger (mpmcli).
log4cxx: Please initialize the log4cxx system properly.
initexmf --update-fndb --verbose --admin:
Skipping user root directory (C:\Users\Matiking\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9)...
Skipping user root directory (C:\Users\Matiking\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.9)...
Creating fndb for common root directory (C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9)...
Creating fndb for common root directory ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9")...
initexmf --force --mklinks --verbose --admin:
Making format links...
Making script links...
C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex/bin\miktex-taskbar-icon.exe
C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex/bin\miktex-update.exe
initexmf --mkmaps --mklangs --verbose --admin:
Entering administrative mode...
Parsing config file "C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\config\updmap.cfg"...
Parsing "C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\fonts\map\dvips\tetex\dvips35.map"...
Parsing "C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\fonts\map\dvips\tetex\pdftex35.map"...
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Copying C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9\dvips\config\psfonts_t1.map
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Copying C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9\dvipdfm\config\dvipdfm_dl14.map
to C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9\dvipdfm\config\dvipdfm.map...
Copying C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9\pdftex\config\pdftex_dl14.map
to C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9\pdftex\config\pdftex.map...
C:/Windows/Fonts: skipping, existing cache is valid: 1129 fonts, 0 dirs
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C:/Users/Matiking/AppData/Local/MiKTeX/2.9/fontconfig/cache: cleaning cache directory
C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\fc-cache.EXE: succeeded
Creating language.dat, language.dat.lua and language.def...
Then, as I've found that not only LuaLaTeX and XeLaTeX still don't work, but my pdfLaTeX has been also corrupted and the compiler said: MiKTeX209-jpeg.dll is missing. Based on answers here, I did installed all \Miktex X.X executables (windows-x86) from package manager and even synchronized packages.
Then, initexmf had been raised for two of packages and I did what people have asserted here to Update Formats. But:
And as I clicked Yes, nothing happened, but an empty Transcript window.
Then (after next try to compile) the error changed to:
So, I tried the answers of this question, by direct addressing pdfLaTeX from Configure TeX Studio as "C:/Program Files/MiKTeX 2.9/miktex/bin/pdflatex.exe" %.tex.
Now I've faced up with this error: Error: Command crashed: "C:/Program Files/MiKTeX 2.9/miktex/bin/pdflatex.exe" "root".tex
Addition of options -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode to command makes to difference in the error, as well.
As I even try pdflatex sample2e from windows command prompt:
The worse thing is that when I switched my editor to TeX Maker, a new error has been raised different with the previous one in TeX Studio!!!!!:
I'm terribly stuck here…
Any help?
Best Answer
I suffered the same issue.
After uninstalling and reinstalling the miktek-pdftek... packages, I manually copied pdflatex from pdftex using the following command in a terminal (in admin mode).
It solved the issue for me.
I found this solution here if it may help you : https://sourceforge.net/p/miktex/bugs/2499/