As of today the update servers are working again. However, one needs a
workaround because the buggy DLL of MiKTeX prevents the updates from
being applied.
it seems that the bug affects all users of Windows 7 while Win 10 is not
affected. For the affected users there is a workaround but you need
admin permissions and some knowledge:
- open a Windows console as admin (type in "cmd" in the Windows Start
field, and right-click on it to run it with admin privileges)
- execute these 2 commands subsequently:
initexmf --admin --update-fndb
and
initexmf --admin --mklinks --force
- close the Windows console
- now start the MiKTeX console
- choose there to restart with admin privileges
- check for updates and if there are any apply them
From my point of view I see no other option than to provide a new LyX
for Windows installer that repairs broken system by executing these
commands in the background after LyX was installed. This way users with
problems can just run the Win installer again and get a working LyX back
in a minute without the need to know about console commands etc.
@developers: Maybe now you see that the Win installer must do more and
forcing a MiKTeX update is necessary as you can see in this case. We
cannot say "not our fault". Yes, LyX is not to blame but what matters is
if users can use LyX. In my case I wanted to write an urgent letter with
LyX but could not use it and had to use LibreOffice instead.
regards Uwe
