This seems to be a well known problem, but I'm afraid I couldn't find a solution. I've used latex/miktex for years, but when I tried to compile a document yesterday, I got the error message
Sorry, but "MiKTeX Compiler Driver" did not succeed. The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going again: C:/Users/XXXXX/AppData/Local/MiKTeX/2.9/miktex/log/texify.log You may want to visit the MiKTeX project page, if you need help.
The log file contains the following:
texify - running 'initexmf --quiet --update-fndb' to refresh the file name database
The code runs fine with pdfLatex, but if I use pdflateX+MakeIndex+BibTex, it won't compile any more. Even my test code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[numbers]{natbib}
\bibliographystyle{phreport}
\begin{document}
hello! \cite{99mich}
\bibliography{reportbib}
\end{document}
doesn't work. I tried re-installing MikTex (w/o success), and tried to update (admin) my packages, which doesn't work:
Sorry, but something went wrong: The executed process did not succeed. fileName = 'C:\Program Files\MikTex2.9\miktex\bin\x64xinitexmf.exe" arguments="--update-fndb --verbose--admin", exitCode="1"
Maybe that's the problem? I would be really thankful for any help. My last years with miktex went without problems and I don't know where to tackle this fundamental problem.
Many thanks!
Best, CBo
Best Answer
I had the same problem where running with BibTex would throw this error, and found that the issue was within the .bib file that I had. Specifically, there was one citation with an accidental space in the reference name and another that was a duplicate. There was some info about which citation was problematic directly above the error message.
Anyways, so I guess try and make sure that all the entries in your .bib file are properly formatted.
I also found that this error occurs if I have the final pdf document open in adobe reader while compiling.