General ⇒ Error:%1 is not a valid Win32 application.

[jamesj629]

Hi all,

I wanted to post this here because I couldn't find the solution online elsewhere.

I did a fresh install on Windows 7 of MiKTeX 2.9 and TeXnicCenter 2 alpha 3 but on trying to build the project I get the error:

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C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\latex.exeCannot execute the command.Error:%1 is not a valid Win32 application.

I found a way to get it to work:

Go to "Define Output Profiles" Alt+F7
Select a profile
under "Path to the (La)TeX compiler:"
put the file path inside double quotation marks e.g.

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"C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\latex.exe"

And do the same for all other commands (BibTeX, MakeIndex, Viewer). Problem solved.

Why was it so?

Thanks
James

[localghost]

Since the installation tree of MiKTeX is added to the "Path" environment variable of the system, it should be sufficient to just insert »latex.exe« without any path details. this ways you would evade the problem with blank spaces.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten