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Phi: Would you agree that if there is no DOS "emulator" in XP, there is a facility by which one may use commands (eg: cd, dir, ren, ...) that assimilate DOS commands? Could we then refer to a DOS "assimilator"?

Thanks again to you and others for your and their comments!

"Build" seems an odd word (in English) for "compile", "execute" or "run". None of my words are found in the help index. Even the word "build" is not to be found in that index. I have tried to draw upon my limited German for words a German would use, but bauen seems odd as a German verb for the ...

Frabjous, thanks for your reply.

If not from the DOS emulator, where does one enter the command "pfdlatex 'mysource.tex'"? How does the system know where to find "mysource.tex"? I don't see these questions answered in the "Short Introduction".

Thanks!

PS, I should have mentioned that I am using ...

If my observations are incorrect, please excuse me as a beginner.
I am forming the conclusion that LaTeX is best used with a Unix type OS rather than Windows. For example, in order to implement the LaTeX compiler, I must utilize the DOS emulator for Windows XP. The instructions I have been following ...

Using Protext, I have installed the MiKTeX2.8 and reach the link for installing TeXnic Center. When click on the link, I get a message from Windows that it cannot find C:\Docum~1...

The downloading seemed to have gone well, and I cannot understand why Windows cannot find what it requires.