Re: installation failed to complete for v2.9 on XP SP3
Ulrike Fischer <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.tex.miktex |
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Am Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:31:05 +0000 (UTC) schrieb Sandra Murphy: > Thanks, by the way, for such a prompt reply. > >>Hm, "single user" indicates a non-admin user account. In this case I >>would use another folder. I did install in my user account miktex as >>single user without problems in J:\miktex2.9. > > Yes, an alternative. Even though I am the only user of this machine, > I do not have admin access. > > You did not remark on the path names containing "/" instead of "\". Is > that not a problem? I thought that might explain the "do not exist" > messages. As far as I know that shouldn't be a problem, I often see such mixed pathnames. > >>> mpm.exe: regsvr failed for some reason. > >>There has been in 2010 one bug report and one discussion in the >>mailing list about regsvr failing. Both suggest that the problem is >>related to permission rights. > > If one supposes that "regsvr" has something to do with the registry, > then permission failures make sense. But if high permissions are > needed for a single user download, then the single user mode is not > that useful. Well single user mode works fine for me and is *very* useful as I could install miktex on PC's where I have only restricted user rights. But when I have restricted rights I avoid to try to install something in a system folder like C:\Program Files. -- Ulrike Fischer http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/