Re: Getting cannot access fndb file error

> 2015-09-17 15:14:22,143-0400 FATAL initexmf - Info:
> C:\Users\jszilagyi\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.9\miktex/data/le\5521b48ae3165f8e904714e2c61bbca7.fndb
> 2015-09-17 15:14:22,143-0400 FATAL initexmf - Source: Libraries\MiKTeX\Core\win\winFile.cpp
> 2015-09-17 15:14:22,143-0400 FATAL initexmf - Line: 520
> 2015-09-17 15:14:22,275-0400 INFO  initexmf - starting: MiKTeX Configuration Utility 2.9.5700 (MiKTeX 2.9)
> 2015-09-17 15:14:22,294-0400 FATAL initexmf - Windows API error 32: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

Same error here.
I'm using 2.9.5721 on Windows XP 32 Bit.
It happens directly after a clean install with the sample.tex file in TeXworks.
I made sure that I rebooted after installation and had no other instances in the background.

To solve this I stopped TeXworks and ran this manually in a cmd shell:
  initexmf --quiet --update-fndb

Note that I get the same error as before when I run this command manually *and* TeXworks is open.
So it seems to me that TeXworks is the blocking process.
I have no clue why it locks the fndb file.
But once initexmf succeeds to update its fndb TeXworks is able to resume as normal.

I'd suggest the developers to run this command initially once before lauching TeXworks. 

regards
Jens

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