Re: [MiKTeX] Trouble installing MikTex 22.7

[Lester H. <l-...@ma...>]

As stated below, MikTeX is working well, provided I generate a file as 
"new.' But when I copied a file Diffsn.tex from my PC to the laptop  
running Vista, I am back to the same old problem when attempting to 
compile "I can't write to the file Diffsn.log." As you noted below it 
may be an Administrator problem. The administrator is "maggie" my 
daughter who was the first one to open the new laptop while unable to 
work for six months-I am now the administrator called "maggie."

While in WinEdt, at the top of the window is the path for the working 
file. When the path is

C:\Users\maggie\AppData\Roaming\WinEdt\Samples\Paper\Pi.tex

compiling yields a DVI file. But when the path is

C:\Program Files\WinEdt Team\WinEdt\Samples\Paper\Diffsn.tex

compiling yields the error message "I can't find the file Diffsn.tex". 
Neither can I when starting from the desktop (WinEdt closed) and 
following the latter path I can't find Diffsn.tex.

On running the WinEdt Diagnostic, I see

File: "C:\Users\maggie\AppData\Roaming\WinEdt\Diffsn.log

There is a bunch of stuff but the relevant information seems to be:

*** OS: Windows 6.0 (Build 6000)
*** Account States: Restricted User
*** Configuration: MikTeX
*** Tex System: MikTeX
*** User Profile: Enabled
*** %B: C:\Program Files\WinEdt Team\WinEdt
*** %b: C:\Users\maggie\AppData\Roaming\WinEdt

I have checked WinEdt FAQ but that doesn't seem to help much. I realize 
that this is not really a MikTeX problem but a WinEdt setup problem, but 
Alan seems to have recognized what the problem might be and might be 
able to suggest how I should handle the transfer of files from the old 
PC  Les Helms


Lester Helms wrote:
> WinEdt and Miktex are now doing what they are supposed to be doing. I 
> had trouble with two files, one was made before reinstalling WinEdt 
> and was probably corrupted somehow; as to the other one, in a senior 
> moment, I had forgotten the rule about the size of a file name. After 
> deleting those two files and creating new tex files,  MikTex is 
> working well. Thank all for your assistance. Les Helms
>
> Alan Ristow wrote:
>> Lester Helms wrote:
>>  
>>> I replied too soon. After closing WinEdt after the successful 
>>> compiling of paper.tex, I opened WinEdt later and encountered the 
>>> same old problem. In reply to the questions asked by Alan
>>> 1) Did not set up as Administrator
>>> 2) Same error message "I can't write on file Test.log" when I "latex 
>>> Test.tex at command prompt.
>>>     
>>
>> This leads me to believe Test.tex is in a directory where you don't 
>> have write permission. I've never used Vista as anything but 
>> Administrator -- I'm not sure how wise that is, but that's beside the 
>> point -- but my understanding is that if you're not logged in as a 
>> Administrator then quite a few directories are write-protected from 
>> the user. Move Test.tex to your Documents folder (or somewhere else 
>> you're sure you have write permission) and try compiling it there.
>>
>> Alan
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