compilingerrorstexlivetexniccenterwindows
Due to problems with psfragfig and MiKTeX I wanted to switch to TeX Live and TeXnicCenter instead (on Windows 8).
However it does not compile even the smallest MWE in TeXnicCenter. I always get the error message that the file I want to compile is not found.
From the command line I have no problems.
Do you know what is causing this error?
The preliminary steps can be summarized as follows:
Note that for each installation, just accept the default settings.
Now configure the installed TeXnicCenter as follows:
Run the TeXnicCenter, you will be prompted to specify the path to TeX binary as follows.
Pressing the Next button, you will be prompted to find the TeX binary path. Press the Browse button to locate the path.
For TeX Live the path is as follows,
If you installed MikTeX then the path will be different, please locate it by yourself.
Pressing the Next button will bring up the following window, just accept the default.
Pressing the Next button again will bring up the following window, just click the Finish button.
If you installed Adobe Reader 10 (X in roman) then you need to modify the output profiles. Press Alt+F7 to bring up the Profiles window, choose an item to modify (for example LaTeX => PDF), select Viewer tab. Your edit should look as follows,
Create a new blank document by pressing the white icon right below the File menu (I enclosed it with a red rectangle). Type the following dummy text, save it, make sure you choose LaTeX => PDF item (I enclosed it with a red rectangle), then press CTRL+SHIFT+F5.
And congratulation, you will get a PDF output as follows:
Best Answer
The best practice to install TeXnicCenter is: