MiKTeX

installation failed for v2.9 on XP SP3

I attempted installation of basic-miktex-2.9.4521.exe as a single user.

I have XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 3.

The installation failed to complete.

The setup log file is below.

I attempted an uninstall but that could not find all the files
it needed (probably due to the fact that the installation failed to
complete.)

I notice the occurrence of several forward slashes "/" where I would
expect back slashes "\".  That looks odd, but is not the error reported.

It did not suggest a folder to install into (probably because I requested
a single user install), so I created a Program Files\MiKTEX folder.

Can anyone see why this is not working?

-s murphy


setup-2012-08-23-14-16.log:



MiKTeX Setup 2.9.4503 Report

Date: Thursday, August 23, 2012
Time: 14:07:36
OS version: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600)
SystemAdmin: false
PowerUser: yes
SharedSetup: false
Setup path: C:\Documents and Settings\sandy\My Documents\Downloads\basic-miktex-2.9.4521.exe
UserRoots: <none specified>
UserData: <none specified>
UserConfig: <none specified>
CommonRoots: <none specified>
CommonData: <none specified>
CommonConfig: <none specified>

Installation: C:\Program Files\MiKTEX
Loading package database...
starting package maintenance...
installation directory: "C:\Program Files\MiKTEX"
package repository: C:\DOCUME~1\sandy\LOCALS~1\Temp\mik41642
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repository type: local package repository
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lightweight database digest: 619596a31709591ed2c339e41c0fb1d7
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problem: C:\Program Files\MiKTEX\miktex/bin\MiKTeX209-core-PS.dll does not exist
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"C:\Program Files\MiKTEX\miktex/bin\initexmf.exe" --user-install="C:\Program Files\MiKTEX" --common-install="C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9" --rmfndb --log-file="C:\Program Files\MiKTEX\miktex\config\uninst.log" --verbose:
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"C:\Program Files\MiKTEX\miktex/bin\mpm.exe" --register-components --verbose:
mpm.exe: regsvr failed for some reason.
mpm.exe: Data: C:\Program Files\MiKTEX\miktex/bin\MiKTeX209-core.dll
configuring fontconfig\config\fonts.conf
registering C:\Program Files\MiKTEX\miktex/bin\MiKTeX209-core.dll

An error occurred:
  source file: Libraries\MiKTeX\Core\Process.cpp
  source line: 305
  message: The operation failed for some reason.
  info: C:\Program Files\MiKTEX\miktex/bin\mpm.exe