General ⇒ compiling with pdfLatex in TeXstudio.

[mikeyfran]

Hello,

I am a beginner in Latex. I tried to compile using pdfLatex but I kept on getting the same message

Error: Could not start the command: pdflatex.exe -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode "texstudio_TRaunb".tex

can somebody help.

[Ijon Tichy]

Have you installed a TeX distribution and the LaTeX packages of that distribution?

Have you tried menu entry Help → Check LaTeX Installation? Can you show us the output of the check run?

[mikeyfran]

these are the results:

dpi: 96
where pdflatex:

PDFLATEX: pdflatex.exe -version


Environment variables:
=::=::\
ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\ProgramData
APPDATA=C:\Users\12679\AppData\Roaming
CommonProgramFiles=C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
CommonProgramFiles(x86)=C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files
CommonProgramW6432=C:\Program Files\Common Files
COMPUTERNAME=LAPTOP-9QESO57A
ComSpec=C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
DriverData=C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\DriverData
HOMEDRIVE=C:
HOMEPATH=\Users\12679
LOCALAPPDATA=C:\Users\12679\AppData\Local
LOGONSERVER=\\LAPTOP-9QESO57A
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=2
OneDrive=C:\Users\12679\OneDrive
OneDriveConsumer=C:\Users\12679\OneDrive
OnlineServices=Online Services
OS=Windows_NT
Path=C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Windows\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Users\12679\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps
PATHEXT=.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC
platformcode=KV
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86
PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432=AMD64
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=AMD64 Family 21 Model 112 Stepping 0, AuthenticAMD
PROCESSOR_LEVEL=21
PROCESSOR_REVISION=7000
ProgramData=C:\ProgramData
ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files (x86)
ProgramFiles(x86)=C:\Program Files (x86)
ProgramW6432=C:\Program Files
PSModulePath=C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules
PUBLIC=C:\Users\Public
RegionCode=EMEA
SESSIONNAME=Console
SystemDrive=C:
SystemRoot=C:\Windows
TEMP=C:\Users\12679\AppData\Local\Temp
TMP=C:\Users\12679\AppData\Local\Temp
USERDOMAIN=LAPTOP-9QESO57A
USERDOMAIN_ROAMINGPROFILE=LAPTOP-9QESO57A
USERNAME=12679
USERPROFILE=C:\Users\12679
VBOX_HWVIRTEX_IGNORE_SVM_IN_USE=1
windir=C:\Windows

TeXstudio:
Path : C:\Program Files (x86)\texstudio\texstudio.exe
Program call: C:\Program Files (x86)\texstudio\texstudio.exe
Setting file: C:\Users\12679\AppData\Roaming\texstudio\texstudio.ini

Command configuration in TeXstudio:
PS Viewer (view-ps): C:\Windows\system32\OpenWith.exe "?am.ps"
Texindy (texindy): texindy.exe %.idx
DVI Viewer (view-dvi): "C:\Users\12679\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\miktex\bin\x64\yap.exe" -1 -s @?"c:ame "?am.dvi"
SVNADMIN (svnadmin):
Default Glossary Tool (glossary): txs:///makeglossaries
BibTeX 8-Bit (bibtex8): bibtex8.exe %
PDF Viewer (view-pdf): txs:///view-pdf-internal --embedded
Makeindex (makeindex): makeindex.exe %.idx
Build & View (quick): txs:///compile | txs:///view
Internal Precompile (internal-pre-compile): txs:///pre-compile | txs:///conditionally-recompile-bibliography
Asymptote (asy): asy.exe ?m*.asy
Asymptote PDF Chain (asy-pdf-chain): txs:///pdflatex | txs:///asy | txs:///pdflatex | txs:///view-pdf
Recompile Bibliography (recompile-bibliography): txs:///compile | txs:///bibliography | txs:///compile
Default Compiler (compile) (r): txs:///pdflatex
XeLaTeX (xelatex) (r): xelatex.exe -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex
DviPs (dvips): dvips.exe -o %.ps %.dvi
Asymptote DVI Chain (asy-dvi-chain): txs:///latex | txs:///asy | txs:///latex | txs:///view-dvi
Precompile (pre-compile):
External PDF Viewer (view-pdf-external): "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe" --single-argument ?am.pdf
Default Viewer (view): txs:///view-pdf
PDF Chain (pdf-chain): txs:///pdflatex | txs:///view-pdf
Makeglossaries (makeglossaries): makeglossaries.exe %
PdfLaTeX (pdflatex) (r): pdflatex.exe -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex
DVI->PS->PDF Chain (dvi-ps-pdf-chain): txs:///latex | txs:///dvips | txs:///ps2pdf | txs:///view-pdf
DviPdf (dvipdf): dvipdfmx.exe %.dvi
Ghostscript (gs): mgs.exe "?am.ps"
DviPng (dvipng): dvipng.exe -T tight -D 120 %.dvi
DVI Chain (dvi-chain): txs:///latex | txs:///view-dvi
PS Chain (ps-chain): txs:///latex | txs:///dvips | txs:///view-ps
Latexmk (latexmk): latexmk.exe -pdf -silent -synctex=1 %
Metapost (metapost): mpost.exe -interaction=nonstopmode ?me)
LuaLaTeX (lualatex) (r): lualatex.exe -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex
BibTeX (bibtex): bibtex.exe %
SVN (svn):
Default Index Tool (index): txs:///makeindex
DVI->PDF Chain (dvi-pdf-chain): txs:///latex | txs:///dvipdf | txs:///view-pdf
Default Bibliography Tool (bibliography): txs:///bibtex
LaTeX (latex) (r): latex.exe -src -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex
Biber (biber): biber.exe %
Ps2Pdf (ps2pdf): ps2pdf.exe %.ps

Additional Search Paths:
Command:
Log:
Pdf:

[Ijon Tichy]

It seems there is no pdflatex installed, because the output of "where pdflatex" and "pdflatex.exe -version" are empty.

DVI Viewer (view-dvi): "C:\Users\12679\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX\miktex\bin\x64\yap.exe" -1 -s @?"c:ame "?am.dvi"

Have you installed MiKTeX? Unfortunately I cannot help repairing MiKTeX, because I'm not using it.