I cleaned up everything and tried again with your latest installer and still the same problem. I checked Miktex by compiling a hello world lex to pdf, and it indeed works fine so the problem is not Miktex broken installation. My operating system is Windows 7 professional and I run the installer with admin permissions. Does this installer have some log file or something so I can send over to you? How can I circumvent this error in the setup? Should I use the lyx-only installer? Does that installer have a facility so I can point it to my Miktex installation?
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 7:36 PM, Uwe Stöhr <[email protected]> wrote: > Am 10.03.2013 23:48, schrieb Ali: > > > I am new to Latex and I am trying to install Lyx on my Windows machine >> for the >> first time. So I downloaded the bundle installer and ran it. It goes >> through >> some steps, then launches Miktex installer. The Miktex installer finishes >> successfully but once the control is passed to the Lyx bundle installer >> again, >> it pops up an error message saying that it did not find Miktex and aborts >> installation. >> > > Not good. Could you please try to reinstall using the latest installer I > just released: > http://sourceforge.net/**projects/lyxwininstaller/** > files/LyXWinInstaller/2.0.5.1/**LyX-2051-Bundle-5.exe/download<http://sourceforge.net/projects/lyxwininstaller/files/LyXWinInstaller/2.0.5.1/LyX-2051-Bundle-5.exe/download> > > 1. uninstall LyX _completely_ > 2. uninstall MiKTeX _completely_ > 3. if possible open an Internet connection > 4. reinstall LyX > > if you still fail, what is your Windows version and do you have admin > permissions? > > regards Uwe >
