MiKTeX and proTeXt ⇒ Installing MiKTeX fails : " Windows API error 21 "

[Wenneguen]

Hello,

I can't install MiKTeX, I get this error at the end of the installation process :

The operation could be completed : for the following reason:
Windows API error 21: device is not ready.
Details E:\Latex\miktex\bin\pdftex.exe

(by the way, I have no E disk)

Here is the log file produced :

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MiKTeX Setup 2.9.4503 Report
Date: Friday, October 31, 2014
Time: 14:46:13
OS version: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition, 64-bit Service Pack 1 (build 7601)
SystemAdmin: yes
PowerUser: false
SharedSetup: yes
Setup path: C:\Users\Maxime\Downloads\basic-miktex-2.9.5105-x64.exe
UserRoots: <none specified>
UserData: <none specified>
UserConfig: <none specified>
CommonRoots: <none specified>
CommonData: <none specified>
CommonConfig: <none specified>
Installation: C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX
Loading package database...
starting package maintenance...
installation directory: "C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX"
package repository: C:\Users\Maxime\AppData\Local\Temp\mik55936
visiting repository C:\Users\Maxime\AppData\Local\Temp\mik55936...
repository type: local package repository
loading lightweight database...
lightweight database digest: 2e1ee451b3ebfd4ef4afc81bbceafc9f
going to install 9553 file(s) (158 package(s))
problem: C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX\miktex/bin/x64\MiKTeX209-core-PS.dll does not exist
problem: C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX\miktex/bin/x64\MiKTeX209-core.dll does not exist
problem: C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX\miktex/bin/x64\MiKTeX209-packagemanager-PS.dll does not exist
problem: C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX\miktex/bin/x64\MiKTeX209-packagemanager.dll does not exist
extracting files from ae.tar.lzma...
extracting files from amscls.tar.lzma...
extracting files from amsfonts.tar.lzma...
extracting files from amsmath.tar.lzma...
extracting files from avantgar.cab...
extracting files from babel.tar.lzma...
extracting files from bidi.tar.lzma...
extracting files from bookman.cab...
extracting files from carlisle.tar.lzma...
extracting files from cbcoptic.tar.lzma...
 
 
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Could you help me solve this issue ?

Thank you very much !

[Johannes_B]

I can't provide a solution, but an alternative: TeX Live.

This distribution is developed by the international TeX User Group.

[Wenneguen]

It works fine, thanks