Re: [MiKTeX] problem after using update wizard!

[Hans F. N. <Han...@hi...>]

On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 04:00:54PM -0700, Ivan wrote:
> Thanks, but I just got so fed up that I completely
> reinstalled MikTex. I will never use the updater
> again. -Ivan

Then you are throwing away the most important feature of MiKTeX, but,
hey - it's your choice.

Hans

> --- "Hans F. Nordhaug" <Han...@hi...>
> wrote:
> > The central point here is - "I'm stymied". Try running "initexmf
> > --mklinks" and then "initexmf --dump=latex".  If that doesn't
> > help, try running the Update Wizard again.  If that didn't help,
> > reinstall the package that contains latex.exe (using MiKTeX
> > Package Manager).
> > 
> > Hans
> > 
> > On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 02:43:14PM -0700, Ivan
> > wrote:
> > > sorry following up...(this is iwerning again, with a changed
> > > more representative name)
> > > 
> > > I typed in the error mssg incorrectly, I actually get: I get the
> > > error: (from the command screen) "initexmf: The input file for
> > > latex.ltx COULD be found.  cannot make latex.fmt (fatal format
> > > error; I'm stymied)"
> > > 
> > > instead of COULD NOT
> > > 
> > > -Ivan