[Tex/LaTex] How to “cleanly” update TeXworks under MikTeX 2.9

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A while ago I was struggling to obtain TeXworks working correctly with MikTeX 2.9.4521-x64 under Windows 7-x64; and after a marathon I managed to correctly match the appropriate extensions with the registry (it seemed all was going to be fine).

But, looking up on the main site of the editor, I found that a new version was released, and since I like to have programs with recent fixes I decided to apply for an even exchange; i.e. I wanted my TeXworks distribution simply and clearly replaced by the newest one inside the appropriate folder.

The comment of @karlkoeller is a valid help to get my first step done; but I have still some worries about installing a new version.

Where exactly has to be put in order to have the same folder structure as before?

Disclaimer: The below statements are based on personal deductions, so they may be lacking of accuracy/preciseness.

With a little explaining, I learnt that not one folder of TeXworks is placed inside my OS; so the main distribution of this program (installed using MikTeX setup.exe), when removed, is called by the whatever-folders it may be stored in to be deleted (and the registry cleared).

End of deductions.

The main problem is that I do not know how this behaviour is like when I try to install a brand new/separated version of this program (I don't think that a reverse logic would apply). So what are the steps to follow?

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I would suggest the following

Step 1: Remove the miktex-texworks via "MiKTeX Package Manager" remove "miktex-texworks-bin-2.9" using Administrator privileges since it's not always up to date with latest release.

Step 2: In Windows, sometimes it does not completely remove the installation folder and file associations (dependent on software uninstaller), henceforth ccleaner. If necessary use registry cleaner

Step 3: Download and Install the Stable TeXworks channel for Windows , Go with Defaults for TeXworks Stable installation from channel. TeXworks stable should integrate well with MiKTeX (at least that was my past experience on Windows) and also keep miktex up to date

Step 4: Finally, make sure the miktex bin path set in Windows Path. Usually path in Windows is set by miktex and texworks during their installation unless something bad happens. CD to DESKTOP and run the test pdflatex sample2e at command line prompt, it would work from any where if miktex path was set properly. Check this by typing at command line pdflatex sample2e to get a sample2e.pdf. Here is a link for how to set executable path in Windows.

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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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I created na issue in abntex2 today.

Lauro Cesar digged into the problem until he came with a solution for me to test. And it Works!

According to this link:

The package calc changed the commands \setcounter and friends to be fragile. So you have to make them robust. The example below uses etoolbox with \robustify:

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Thank you Lauro for your lightning fast response and goal achievement.

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