Re: pdflatex cannot write on file test.log

what happens if you try from a command line?

On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 8:42 PM, David Guaspari <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm using MikTeX on Windows 10. If, from the context menu for test.tex, I
> open test.tex with pdflatex (or with latex), execution blocks with an error
> message saying that the program can't write on test.log. If, instead, I
> open test.tex with TeXworks and invoke pdflatex (or latex) from there, it
> succeeds. This suggests to me that it's not a permissions problem -- or
> that, if it is, it's more subtle than I know how to deal with. Grateful for
> any suggestions.
>
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