Thread: [MiKTeX] Problem Updating (Windows API error 87)
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From: Till F. <til...@3d...> - 2009-08-14 12:48:18
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi there, this is my first post to this list, and i suspect it to be redundant and already answered, but somehow I can't access the archives. Sourceforge tells me > Your mailing list, miktex-users, appears to be either not archived yet, or has had no e-mails sent to it. If it is a new list, please wait 2-4 hours after the first message is sent for the archive to show up. Now to the problem: I try to update miktex, but after downloading it always fails with the following error: "Error: Windows API error 87: The parameter is incorrect." The line before (from the log) reads: "extracting files from bidi.tar.lzma..." I hope you have a solution to this problem, kind regards, Till -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJKhVn9AAoJEBZvaAmYKi9/U+UIAJaOG7OojpVY/fOMGlLkpMRt 7i8o8QM1pSLcXhq+e2lk7BgkzaurR+MSMsx+QAQgJSr/EBYiXqtT9leHjkvbGQ6+ U7kPWVHflVEVXgZ+l+Up499DuLvG8mXprv8tfRP2u0Xcey9IkksSV8Hz7bXqiY3I vs/mLRx2cgF5jGffVdkiTDC7ZN0iJumhmyiA/3KSDLRoPqHgbZy1Xu5gPIyDKrV9 +8Vpf74vvxlsYS6ojOPJ83x56hZt0u76fJo90YQnyz2dOSscHJephLDhRAQp8kX8 7Es+ZftjW3AEUDcGdj3PZyAfwv4JPFBE0zy/RE6ESQjxVRiIvhiQ+scKweJo53M= =i7xi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
From: Till F. <til...@3d...> - 2009-08-16 09:48:35
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*bump* Till Fischer schrieb: > Hi there, > > this is my first post to this list, and i suspect it to be redundant and > already answered, but somehow I can't access the archives. Sourceforge > tells me > >> Your mailing list, miktex-users, appears to be either not archived yet, or has had no e-mails sent to it. If it is a new list, please wait 2-4 hours after the first message is sent for the archive to show up. > > Now to the problem: > > I try to update miktex, but after downloading it always fails with the > following error: "Error: Windows API error 87: The parameter is incorrect." > > The line before (from the log) reads: "extracting files from > bidi.tar.lzma..." > > I hope you have a solution to this problem, > kind regards, > Till > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ MiKTeX-Users mailing list MiK...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users |
From: Till F. <til...@3d...> - 2009-08-17 12:22:03
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It solved itself. Somehow after waiting a week, it suddenly worked. But this mailing list is really disappointing. Till Fischer schrieb: > *bump* > > Till Fischer schrieb: >> Hi there, >> >> this is my first post to this list, and i suspect it to be redundant and >> already answered, but somehow I can't access the archives. Sourceforge >> tells me >> >>> Your mailing list, miktex-users, appears to be either not archived yet, or has had no e-mails sent to it. If it is a new list, please wait 2-4 hours after the first message is sent for the archive to show up. >> Now to the problem: >> >> I try to update miktex, but after downloading it always fails with the >> following error: "Error: Windows API error 87: The parameter is incorrect." >> >> The line before (from the log) reads: "extracting files from >> bidi.tar.lzma..." >> >> I hope you have a solution to this problem, >> kind regards, >> Till >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and > focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > MiKTeX-Users mailing list > MiK...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > MiKTeX-Users mailing list > MiK...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users |
From: Marius555 <ma...@de...> - 2009-10-27 09:20:27
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Hello, Just now I got the same error as you did while installing a new package with the Package Manager: --- MiKTeX Problem Report Message: Windows API error 87: The parameter is incorrect. Data: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.8\miktex\config\1567d83d412396067c84a669e65114a0.fndb --- While googling for a solution I found your post, without a solution :(, I know this answer won't help you but for the sake of future people googling for a solution to this problem: It turns out the problem was, I had an instance of MikTex open which was blocking the files needed for the install. After I closed the MikTex instance the install worked fine. Greetings, Marius Till Fischer wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi there, > > this is my first post to this list, and i suspect it to be redundant and > already answered, but somehow I can't access the archives. Sourceforge > tells me > >> Your mailing list, miktex-users, appears to be either not archived yet, >> or has had no e-mails sent to it. If it is a new list, please wait 2-4 >> hours after the first message is sent for the archive to show up. > > Now to the problem: > > I try to update miktex, but after downloading it always fails with the > following error: "Error: Windows API error 87: The parameter is > incorrect." > > The line before (from the log) reads: "extracting files from > bidi.tar.lzma..." > > I hope you have a solution to this problem, > kind regards, > Till > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJKhVn9AAoJEBZvaAmYKi9/U+UIAJaOG7OojpVY/fOMGlLkpMRt > 7i8o8QM1pSLcXhq+e2lk7BgkzaurR+MSMsx+QAQgJSr/EBYiXqtT9leHjkvbGQ6+ > U7kPWVHflVEVXgZ+l+Up499DuLvG8mXprv8tfRP2u0Xcey9IkksSV8Hz7bXqiY3I > vs/mLRx2cgF5jGffVdkiTDC7ZN0iJumhmyiA/3KSDLRoPqHgbZy1Xu5gPIyDKrV9 > +8Vpf74vvxlsYS6ojOPJ83x56hZt0u76fJo90YQnyz2dOSscHJephLDhRAQp8kX8 > 7Es+ZftjW3AEUDcGdj3PZyAfwv4JPFBE0zy/RE6ESQjxVRiIvhiQ+scKweJo53M= > =i7xi > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 > 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > MiKTeX-Users mailing list > MiK...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Problem-Updating-%28Windows-API-error-87%29-tp24971196p26074463.html Sent from the miktex-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: trss <tr...@ya...> - 2011-06-14 19:13:43
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Thanks a ton Marius555. Helped me a lot. Marius555 wrote: > > Hello, > Just now I got the same error as you did while installing a new package > with the Package Manager: > --- > MiKTeX Problem Report > Message: Windows API error 87: The parameter is incorrect. > > Data: > C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.8\miktex\config\1567d83d412396067c84a669e65114a0.fndb > --- > > While googling for a solution I found your post, without a solution :(, I > know this answer won't help you but for the sake of future people googling > for a solution to this problem: > > It turns out the problem was, I had an instance of MikTex open which was > blocking the files needed for the install. After I closed the MikTex > instance the install worked fine. > Greetings, > Marius > > > Till Fischer wrote: >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> Hi there, >> >> this is my first post to this list, and i suspect it to be redundant and >> already answered, but somehow I can't access the archives. Sourceforge >> tells me >> >>> Your mailing list, miktex-users, appears to be either not archived yet, >>> or has had no e-mails sent to it. If it is a new list, please wait 2-4 >>> hours after the first message is sent for the archive to show up. >> >> Now to the problem: >> >> I try to update miktex, but after downloading it always fails with the >> following error: "Error: Windows API error 87: The parameter is >> incorrect." >> >> The line before (from the log) reads: "extracting files from >> bidi.tar.lzma..." >> >> I hope you have a solution to this problem, >> kind regards, >> Till >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) >> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ >> >> iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJKhVn9AAoJEBZvaAmYKi9/U+UIAJaOG7OojpVY/fOMGlLkpMRt >> 7i8o8QM1pSLcXhq+e2lk7BgkzaurR+MSMsx+QAQgJSr/EBYiXqtT9leHjkvbGQ6+ >> U7kPWVHflVEVXgZ+l+Up499DuLvG8mXprv8tfRP2u0Xcey9IkksSV8Hz7bXqiY3I >> vs/mLRx2cgF5jGffVdkiTDC7ZN0iJumhmyiA/3KSDLRoPqHgbZy1Xu5gPIyDKrV9 >> +8Vpf74vvxlsYS6ojOPJ83x56hZt0u76fJo90YQnyz2dOSscHJephLDhRAQp8kX8 >> 7Es+ZftjW3AEUDcGdj3PZyAfwv4JPFBE0zy/RE6ESQjxVRiIvhiQ+scKweJo53M= >> =i7xi >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 >> 30-Day >> trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and >> focus on >> what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with >> Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july >> _______________________________________________ >> MiKTeX-Users mailing list >> MiK...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Problem-Updating-%28Windows-API-error-87%29-tp24971196p31845511.html Sent from the miktex-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: thetruecloser <hyp...@gm...> - 2012-02-09 06:30:47
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This problem has been SOLVED at: http://thetruecloser.com/windows-api-error-87-the-parameter-is-incorrect/ [SOLVED] Windows API error 87: The parameter is incorrect -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Problem-Updating-%28Windows-API-error-87%29-tp24971196p33291197.html Sent from the miktex-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: moha0157 <moh...@gm...> - 2013-01-10 13:36:28
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I wanted to warmly thank you. It worked for me :) -- View this message in context: http://miktex.10937.n7.nabble.com/Problem-Updating-Windows-API-error-87-tp3780p7865.html Sent from the MiKTeX mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: WiWi <ad...@wi...> - 2013-08-24 17:15:56
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Hi all ! I had the same "Windows API error 87" error message. Possible source for me : I had a crash with latex.exe a few hours before. As a consequence, I could not get rid of some temp files for instance. Solution : I went into the Windows TaskManager and killed two tasks : MikTex (still running) and latex.exe (for me the real responsible for the error) Immediately, the installation with MikTeX went well. Hope this helps ! -- View this message in context: http://miktex.10937.n7.nabble.com/Problem-Updating-Windows-API-error-87-tp3780p8221.html Sent from the MiKTeX mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: Jo50 <mon...@gm...> - 2013-09-10 14:32:41
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Hello, @ updating and packages: I had the same "Windows API error 87" when i tried to download and install a single package (gnuplottex) for Miktek 2.9. from different servers - allways with "Windows API error 87" as the result. ( and I had noch instance of MikTex open which could have blocked) Also an update produced the same errror at first. At the third trial the update worked well, and now download and installation of the package too. A miracle Regards Jo -- View this message in context: http://miktex.10937.n7.nabble.com/Problem-Updating-Windows-API-error-87-tp3780p8242.html Sent from the MiKTeX mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |