[Tex/LaTex] Massive problem with MiKTeX – cannot truely reinstall

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I am in the middle of my thesis and, full closure, I actually do not intend do reinstall my whole system (I am using Win10) and my thesis requires a lot of other porgramms with even bigger setup issues than TexStudio/Miktex2.9.

I got problems a couple of days ago using TexStudio. Different things actually, I lost track of them.

However I decided to reinstall both. BUT I cannot truely uninstall MiKTeX since it is visible AFTER uninstall and reboot in "Apps&Features". When trying to uninstall the remaining entry I get the following error

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(For those who arent able to speak german it says […not found. Make sure using the right name and try again.])

If I keep moving and install MiKTeX anyway, the installation is working fine, but when updating with 'Miktex Update' I do receive this error

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Google is not quite a help, unless I am not able to use the right keywords.
I realy do appreciate any help I can get. I am very desperate…

Best Answer

Well, why did you try to reinstall MiKTeX if TeXStudio makes problems? Which problems did you get?

You did not descibe exactly what you did to reinstall MiKTeX so we can only guess what could happen.

To (re-)install MiKTeX please follow theese steps:

  1. Open system control panel in Windows 10, choose program deinstallation and deinstall MiKTeX 2.9. After finishing this
  2. Reboot the computer
  3. Now download the (I recommend) netinstaller from the MiKTeX homepage to install the complete MiKTeX.
  4. Start the netinstaller the first time to download all needed files and
  5. Restart the netinstaller to install MiKTeX with the downloaded files on your computer.
  6. Reboot the computer
  7. Run the installed Package Manger to be sure all packages are up to date!
  8. Reboot the computer
  9. Now install TeXStudio.
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