[texworks] .tex files NOT getting compiled

[Mark Yagnatinsky]

No, wait, before you do that: close TeXworks.  Open a command prompt.
Type "texify junk", where junk is some file name that need not exist.
When it finishes, reopen TeXWorks.  Everything hopefully works now.

On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Graham Coleman <ravelite at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Shristi,
>
> The message seems to indicate that your installation of MiKTeX didn't
> succeed. There might have been a network error downloading files during the
> installation, and therefore MiKTeX didn't do the setup necessary as part of
> the installation.
>
> Probably, you should delete the directory where it was installed (if
> uninstall through Programs is not available), and try to install it again,
> paying close attention to see if the installation completes.
>
> best regards,
>
> Graham
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Shristi Mishra
> <shristimishra2610 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I tried compiling an already existing .tex file in the newly installed
>> TexWorks software. It shows the following error:
>>
>> I would really appreciate it if you could help me out with this.
>>
>>
>>
>> “Sorry, but "MiKTeX Configuration Utility" did not succeed.
>>
>>
>>
>> The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going again:
>>
>>
>>
>> C:/Users/DELL/AppData/Local/MiKTeX/2.9/miktex/log/initexmf.log
>>
>>
>>
>> You may want to visit the MiKTeX project page (http://miktex.org), if you
>>
>> need help.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sorry, but C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex\bin\miktex-pdftex.exe
>> did not succeed.
>>
>>
>>
>> The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going again:
>>
>>
>>
>> C:/Users/DELL/AppData/Local/MiKTeX/2.9/miktex/log/miktex-pdftex.log
>>
>>
>>
>> You may want to visit the MiKTeX project page (http://miktex.org), if you
>>
>> need help.”
>>
>>
>
>