Re: Miktex 2.9, Win 7: installing packages fails

Thanks for your help Ulrike.  I hadn't noticed the line of the error
message that says I'm not an administrator.  In fact I am.  There's only
one version of the package manager installed, whereas on my other PC there
are two package managers, one is labelled admin.

I guess I should reinstall being careful about what options to use.

thanks again,
David


On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Ulrike Fischer <[email protected]> wrote:

> Am Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:23:30 +0100 schrieb David Griffel:
>
> > Two problems have just arisen, after many happy years using MikTex:
> >
> > 1)  I have it set to install missing packages on the fly.  It stopped
> > working: when it finds a missing package, it just stops.
> >
> > 2)  If I try to install a missing package using package manager, it
> starts
> > to install, then it stops with this error message:
> > ---------------------------------------
> > MiKTeX Problem Report
> > Message: Windows API error 5: Access is denied.
> >
> > Data: C:\Program Files\MikTex2.9\fonts\afm\bitstrea
> > Source: Libraries\MiKTeX\Core\win\win.cpp
> > Line: 2686
> > MiKTeX: 2.9
> > OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition, 32-bit Service Pack 1
> (build
> > 7601)
> > Invokers: Dropbox/explorer
> > SystemAdmin: no
> > PowerUser: no
>
> Well if you are the the system admin than normally you can't install
> package in C:\Program Files and the access denied message is
> correct.
>
> The question is why miktex tries to install in the main tree. Are
> you using the wrong package manager (the admin) version without the
> necessary rights?
>
> I have installed miktex only in my user account (in D:\miktex) in
> single user mode. I have no problems with installations or updates.
> If there is a miktex bug it affects only multi user installations.
>
>
> --
> Ulrike Fischer
> http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/
>
>
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