I never had problems to install miktex. In general I
- always install only the basic-version and download/import additional packages after the installation
- always install in my user account "only for me" (single user mode)
- don't install in C:\Programe (as it is called in german) as I quite often search files in the tree and prefer a shorter path.
Ulrike Fischer
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The operation could not be completed for the following reason:
Windows API Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.
I have tried various ways of installing MiKTeX, including:
The laptop is running: Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 3
On my first attempt, I ran out of disk space (400MB was insufficient). Now,
with over 1.6GB free, the installer never completes.
The failure occurs at different times throughout the installation.
Any help on what to do to get the installer to finish would be greatly
appreciated.
Thank you!
--
The files downloaded were:
Directory of D:\miktex
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I never had problems to install miktex. In general I
- always install only the basic-version and download/import additional packages after the installation
- always install in my user account "only for me" (single user mode)
- don't install in C:\Programe (as it is called in german) as I quite often search files in the tree and prefer a shorter path.
Ulrike Fischer
I'm having the same problem on a 64-bit Windows 7 machine.
Alan
I ran into the same problem, also tried compatibility mode.
I had the same error. An excerpt from log:
An error occurred:
source file: Libraries\MiKTeX\Core\win\winFile.cpp
source line: 270
This is an error report on windows web server 2008 r2 64-bit, I used miktex
2.9 portable installation updater.
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BEX
Application Name: mpm_mfc.exe
Application Version: 2.9.3478.0
Application Timestamp: 4ca78cc4
Fault Module Name: StackHash_0a9e
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Offset: cccccccc
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Data: 00000008
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.1296.17
Locale ID: 1049
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=110783&aid=3118717&group_id=
10783
That link points to one way that I resolved the error. I do not know if it
will work 100% of the time, though.
Good luck! Post your findings, too.