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more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us TeX miktex encountered an internal error - LaTeX Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for users of TeX, LaTeX, ConTeXt, and related typesetting miktex update permission denied systems. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top Windows API error 5: “Access is denied” when trying to compile TikZ picture up vote 23 down vote favorite 7 I installed PGF but are unable
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to compile the following document: \documentclass[10pt]{article} \usepackage{pgf,tikz} \begin{document} \begin{tikzpicture} \draw (0,0) --(1,2); \end{tikzpicture} \end{document} This is the console output: initexmf.exe: Windows API error 5: Access is denied. initexmf.exe: Data: C:\ texify.exe: The operation failed for some reason. texify.exe: Data: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\initexmf.exe What to do? tikz-pgf errors miktex windows share|improve this question edited May 6 '12 at 9:39 Martin Scharrer♦ 162k30517696 asked Apr 13 '12 at 17:26 siyu 116114 Welcome to TeX.sx! I improved the title a little to make it more descriptive. This will help people with the same issue to find it. I hope you don't mind. –Martin Scharrer♦ Apr 13 '12 at 17:38 2 This seems to be an issue with your MikTeX installation rather with PGF/TikZ. Make sure that the output PDF is not already open, e.g. from an earlier compilation run. The Access is denied might be caused by that. Did you tried to reboot and try it again? Under Windows this is always good advice. –Martin Scharrer♦ Apr 13 '12 at 17:41 2 After looking at docs.mikte
here for a quick overview of latex online the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us TeX - LaTeX Questions Tags Users http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/51799/windows-api-error-5-access-is-denied-when-trying-to-compile-tikz-picture Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ TeX - LaTeX Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for users of TeX, LaTeX, ConTeXt, and related typesetting systems. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/18144/miktex-2-8-update-error-windows-api-error-87 The best answers are voted up and rise to the top MikTeX 2.8 Update Error “Windows API error 87” up vote 38 down vote favorite 8 I was happily updating packages when the following error appeared: Error: Windows API error 87: The parameter is incorrect. The full update report with this error at the very end is as follows: MiKTeX Update Wizard Report Version: 2.8.3553 Date: Friday, May 13, 2011 Time: 20:22:14 downloading http://ctan.unsw.edu.au/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/miktex-zzdb2-2.8.tar.lzma... 538036 bytes, 1199.60 KB/Sec updating package definition directory ("C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\tpm\packages")... installed 602 package definition files visiting repository http://ctan.unsw.edu.au/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/... repository type: remote package repository loading lightweight database... downloading http://ctan.unsw.edu.au/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/miktex-zzdb1-2.8.tar.lzma... 106964 bytes, 392.70 KB/Sec starting package maintenance... installation directory: "C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8" package repository: http://ctan.unsw.edu.au/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/ lightweight database digest: eb1794ec380d1dad82ca309893aaa958 going to download 29222566 bytes going to install 1046 file(s) (60 package(s)) unregistering C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\miktex\bin\MiKTeX208-core-PS.dll unregis
| Report Content as Inappropriate ♦ ♦ http://miktex.10937.n7.nabble.com/Miktex-2-9-Win-7-installing-packages-fails-td8311.html Miktex 2.9, Win 7: installing packages fails Two problems http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-winapps/windows-api-error-5/7d675d61-25e7-4ae3-9834-2b9a0d2fa31b have just arisen, after many happy years using MikTex: 1) I have it set to install missing packages on the fly. It stopped working: when it finds a missing package, it just stops. 2) If windows api I try to install a missing package using package manager, it starts to install, then it stops with this error message: --------------------------------------- MiKTeX Problem Report Message: Windows API error 5: Access is denied. Data: C:\Program Files\MikTex2.9\fonts\afm\bitstrea Source: Libraries\MiKTeX\Core\win\win.cpp Line: 2686 MiKTeX: 2.9 OS: Microsoft Windows windows api error 7 Home Premium Edition, 32-bit Service Pack 1 (build 7601) Invokers: Dropbox/explorer SystemAdmin: no PowerUser: no Root0: C:\Users\David\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9 Root1: C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.9 Root2: C:\Program Files\MikTex2.9 Root3: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9 Root4: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9 UserInstall: C:\Program Files\MikTex2.9 UserConfig: C:\Users\David\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9 UserData: C:\Users\David\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.9 CommonInstall: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9 CommonConfig: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9 CommonData: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9 -------------------------------------------------- I uninstalled MikTex, reinstalled the basic package using the latest version from the website, same problem. Restarted the pc, didn't help. thanks in advance for any help, David ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you accelerate application performance. Explore tips for MPI, OpenMP, advanced profiling, and more. Get the most from the latest Intel processors and coprocessors. See abstracts and register > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=60135031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk_______________________________________________ MiKTeX-Users mailing list [hidden email] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/miktex-users Ulrike Fischer-2 Reply | Threaded Open this post in threaded view &di
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