[pstricks] Support question

[Herbert Voss]

Am 27.03.21 um 18:55 schrieb Wallace, Patrick (STFC,RAL,RALSP):
> I am becoming confused.
>
>> That is not the correct directory.
> OK.  I have removed the file:
>
> C:\Users\MyName\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\dvipdfm\config\dvipdfmx.cfg
>
> By the way, I first tried renaming it to dvipdfmx.win, and that
> didn't work.
>
>> C:\Users\Herbert Voss>mgs.exe --version
> When in C:\WINDOWS\system32 I typed "mgs.exe --version" and got the
> reply "9.25", as you did.
>
>> With a new one you need the optional arguments -dNOSAFER and
>> -dALLOWPSTRANSPARENCY in the config file which is named under
>> Windows as dvipdfmx.win
> There is no file dvipdfmx.win anywhere on my system.

Did you have an updated MiKTeX?
And what path setting do you have? You can see it by starting the MiKTeX 
console
and then setting->directories. Attached my putput.


Also:
> 4) I do not know whether I will need to execute texhash and, if so,
>     whether a reboot will be required as well.

that is the same as refreshing the FNDB in MiKTeX (FileNameDataBase)

Herbert
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