Add a comment. 3. In Windows 10 click on the Windows Logo. Then choose"All Apps". Scroll down to"M". There you can find an entry"MikTeX 2.9". Click on it and you will get the list of all MikTeX programs like Manual, Package Manager, Settings, Update ... Share. Improve this answer.
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Apr 26, 2015 at 18:03. Note that MiKTeX 2.9 is a LaTeX distribution and it comes with TeXworks. You can find MiKTeX under your Program Files (x86) or Program Files depending on your MS OS. The easiest way to launch MiKTeX is if you go to All Programs (Windows 7) or Start Menu (Windows 8). – azetina.
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General note, to all users of recent Windows (10+): If your system refuses to install MiKTeX, The first place to ask is at the MiKTeX site. If nobody else is having the same problem, and you are sure that the problem is not self-caused, you have a brute-force alternative: Enable the Linux sub-system. There, you can install TeXlive, from the ...
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In my case, the problem appeared to be with the Temp directory for which the installer could not get access for some reason on a clean Windows 10 installation. The following commands in the elevated command prompt helped (I created C:\Tools\temp directory first): set TEMP=C:\Tools\temp. set TEMPDIR=C:\Tools\temp.
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I installed MikTex 2.9 on a recently fresh installed Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit. The installation had admin rights and completed without errors. Afterwards I rebooted and then tried to update packages with the package manager. This fails with an internal error:
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On my Windows 10 machine, I went to Control panel-->Uninstall a Program. And went through following Wizard screens but nothing happens. The MiKTeX is still there. I need to uninstall it and then do a fresh install since it is not quit working the way it used to work before. I also tried going to uninstall_admin.exe and uninstall.exe inside C:\Program Files (x86)\MikTeX\miktex\bin\internal ...
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I installed MiKTeX 2.9 on windows 7 but I was not able to compile files in Texmaker. Then I installed TeX Live, which is working fine. Now when I try to uninstall MiKTeX from Control panel, it gives Then I installed TeX Live, which is working fine.
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Use the miktex setting (user and/or admin) program installed with the basic MikTex distribution to set"Install missing packages on-the-fly" to"Ask me first". Create a miktex local repository as in Alessandro Jacopson's answer, i.e., create a folder with appropriate name, then place . miktex-zzdb1-2.9.tar.lzma miktex-zzdb2-2.9.tar.lzma
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MikTeX 64 bit. Once you have finished downloading, you have to run it to bring up the dialog window as follows. Select download MikTeX and you will be prompted to choose a mirror. After completing the download, you can burn all in a DVD and it is ready to be installed on any Windows machines. Another option to MikTeX is TeXLive, you can make a ...
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Nowadays I do not use Windows (lack of access to a machine with privileges), but I had Windows 10 when it was new. I am currently writing a custom document class that benefits from Linux subsystem support in Windows 10 or later, and was wondering how many MiKTeX users are not on 10. Well, if MiKTeX is dropping support for pre-10, all good.
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