Re: MikTeX 2.9 Installation fails due to "initexmf.exe"

Am Fri, 21 Feb 2014 05:49:50 -0800 (PST) schrieb Huiying Zhong:

> Dear Lixing and dear all,
> 
> I also have such kind of question when installing MikTex 2.9 in Windows 8.1. 
> 
> message: The operation failed for some reason. 
>   info: C:\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex/bin\initexmf.exe 
> 
> I also try several ways to solve it. For example, uninstall the Acrobat
> Reader or the ".pdf" key full access to Admin, but still doesn't work.
> 
> Is there any solution now?

You are not giving enough informations. initexmf can fail for
various reasons.  

But if you don't need a shared setup I suggest that you try to
install miktex simply in your normal user account not for "anyone
who uses this computer" but "only for you" in C:\MiKTeX 2.9 (or some
other folder where you have writing rights).

If you need a shared setup try to install from an administrator
account and choose as installation folder the default in C:\program
files. 

-- 
Ulrike Fischer 
http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/


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