TeX Live and MacTeX ⇒ Problems with TeX Live on Windows

[pegasus1983]

Hi guys,

I have just installed TeX Live on my Windows XP (install-tl.zip -> install-tl.bat)
and have the following problem: if I try to run a binary from the command line,
i.g. "latex example.tex", "pdflatex example.tex", "latex ?", "latex", ...
the programs "hang" (no output, black dos-screen) and access the HDD like mad.
Any idea? Would be great ...

Max

[josephwright]

A couple of questions:
- Which TeX Live (I assume 2009, but is this correct)?
- Did you start a new Command Prompt after the installation (so that the path will be updated)?

[pegasus1983]

1) Yes, 2009 (the latest version from the page)
2) Yes (I restarted the pc after the installation).
Furthermore I copied the example.tex to the \bin
dir in order to avoid potential path-problems. But
latex.exe without any parameters (i.e. "latex.exe")
hangs also ...

[pegasus1983]

I've just installed MiKTeX and everything works fine, so the problem
is "solved" and no answer is needed (quite lame, I know - but I just
need some TeX distribution for my master thesis). Nevertheless, thank
you Joseph!

Max