[Tex/LaTex] MiKTeX package update: Select All grayed out

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I installed MiKTeK 2.9.4321 in a locked down environment. I don't believe that we can directly download the entire thing from outside, and the aforementioned version is the one that we have on a CD, and it is also the one for which I got permission to install.

Since I am the sole user of the computer, I installed it as non-administrator. If I rely on an administrator to install MiKTeK, I won't be able to update the packages that were included with his installation.

I ran into a problem updating the packages. The Select All button is grayed out. There are countless packages (I installed every one of them), so going through to check off individual packages is infeasible. All of the packages are "updateable", as the list is titled "Updateable Packages".

For context, some of the packages should be up-to-date already, and some should not be. All the ones that were installed with the installation of MiKTeK are not up to date because they came from the CD. All the packages installed afterward are up to date, but that still means there are countless packages that are not up to date.

Wy would the Select All button be grayed out? Is there any other way to update all packages without having to check off millions of checkboxes?

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If I understand your question right:

The MiKTeX update process has generally three parts:

  1. If there are changes in the basic system (miktex.exe etc.) MiKTeX downloads and updates only this files. Then the update process has to be started once again.
  2. Are there packages to be deleted? If yes, then the MiKTeX update manager is programmed to mark only that packages to be deleted and starts this process.
  3. Are there packages to be updated? Now these packages are markable and the user can start this process.

So it can be you have to start the update manager for 3 times ...

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