Completely removing LyX and MikTeX from Windows XP [was RE: pdflatex never finishes (LyX 2.0.1)]
Hi, It would be a good idea to export a file to LaTeX (pdflatex), then run pdflatex against it in a DOS window. That might help pin down whether there are problems with your LaTeX (MiKTeX?) distribution. I tried exporting three files and see three different behaviours. Looks like my whole installation is even more broken than I thought. I think I will wipe all LyX and MikTeX from disk and try re-installing afterwards. If there anything I should delete after uninstalling the software from the Windows XP Control Panel to end up with a clean system? Matthias
Re: Completely removing LyX and MikTeX from Windows XP [was RE: pdflatex never finishes (LyX 2.0.1)]
On 15.09.2011 09:31, Matthias Hunstig wrote: Hi, It would be a good idea to export a file to LaTeX (pdflatex), then run pdflatex against it in a DOS window. That might help pin down whether there are problems with your LaTeX (MiKTeX?) distribution. I tried exporting three files and see three different behaviours. Looks like my whole installation is even more broken than I thought. I think I will wipe all LyX and MikTeX from disk and try re-installing afterwards. If there anything I should delete after uninstalling the software from the Windows XP Control Panel to end up with a clean system? Matthias Assuming windows 7, you may want to delete (or simply rename/move it) the LyX preferences folder (lyx20), in the AppData\Roaming folder in you home directory (the AppData folder is hidden). that would be C:\Users\your_login\AppData\Roaming\lyx20 on windows 7, and something like (from memory) C:\Documents and Settings\your_login\AppData\Roaming\lyx20 on XP. Also, some apps can help checking for leftovers (ccleaner is such an app) when uninstalling a soft (they are safe to use to analyse the left-overs, you may want to be careful if you use them for cleaning) Sincerely, Olivier
Re: Completely removing LyX and MikTeX from Windows XP [was RE: pdflatex never finishes (LyX 2.0.1)]
Matthias Hunstig matthias.hunstig at uni-paderborn.de writes: If there anything I should delete after uninstalling the software from the Windows XP Control Panel to end up with a clean system? On Windows XP, look in C:\Documents and Settings\your id\Application Data and delete any folders with 'Lyx' or 'Miktex' in their names. Note that this will delete any customized layouts, keyboard bindings etc. you might have stored for LyX. If you have any such things, it would be prudent to archive copies first. Also look in C:\Documents and Settings\your id\Local Settings\Application Data for MikTeX directories. (LyX stores nothing there, but I think MiKTeX does.) Repeat this above with All Users in place of your id to catch anything stored if either LyX of MiKTeX was installed for all users. Paul
Completely removing LyX and MikTeX from Windows XP [was RE: pdflatex never finishes (LyX 2.0.1)]
Hi, It would be a good idea to export a file to LaTeX (pdflatex), then run pdflatex against it in a DOS window. That might help pin down whether there are problems with your LaTeX (MiKTeX?) distribution. I tried exporting three files and see three different behaviours. Looks like my whole installation is even more broken than I thought. I think I will wipe all LyX and MikTeX from disk and try re-installing afterwards. If there anything I should delete after uninstalling the software from the Windows XP Control Panel to end up with a clean system? Matthias
Re: Completely removing LyX and MikTeX from Windows XP [was RE: pdflatex never finishes (LyX 2.0.1)]
On 15.09.2011 09:31, Matthias Hunstig wrote: Hi, It would be a good idea to export a file to LaTeX (pdflatex), then run pdflatex against it in a DOS window. That might help pin down whether there are problems with your LaTeX (MiKTeX?) distribution. I tried exporting three files and see three different behaviours. Looks like my whole installation is even more broken than I thought. I think I will wipe all LyX and MikTeX from disk and try re-installing afterwards. If there anything I should delete after uninstalling the software from the Windows XP Control Panel to end up with a clean system? Matthias Assuming windows 7, you may want to delete (or simply rename/move it) the LyX preferences folder (lyx20), in the AppData\Roaming folder in you home directory (the AppData folder is hidden). that would be C:\Users\your_login\AppData\Roaming\lyx20 on windows 7, and something like (from memory) C:\Documents and Settings\your_login\AppData\Roaming\lyx20 on XP. Also, some apps can help checking for leftovers (ccleaner is such an app) when uninstalling a soft (they are safe to use to analyse the left-overs, you may want to be careful if you use them for cleaning) Sincerely, Olivier
Re: Completely removing LyX and MikTeX from Windows XP [was RE: pdflatex never finishes (LyX 2.0.1)]
Matthias Hunstig matthias.hunstig at uni-paderborn.de writes: If there anything I should delete after uninstalling the software from the Windows XP Control Panel to end up with a clean system? On Windows XP, look in C:\Documents and Settings\your id\Application Data and delete any folders with 'Lyx' or 'Miktex' in their names. Note that this will delete any customized layouts, keyboard bindings etc. you might have stored for LyX. If you have any such things, it would be prudent to archive copies first. Also look in C:\Documents and Settings\your id\Local Settings\Application Data for MikTeX directories. (LyX stores nothing there, but I think MiKTeX does.) Repeat this above with All Users in place of your id to catch anything stored if either LyX of MiKTeX was installed for all users. Paul
Completely removing LyX and MikTeX from Windows XP [was RE: pdflatex never finishes (LyX 2.0.1)]
Hi, > It would be a good idea to export a file to LaTeX (pdflatex), then run > pdflatex against it in a DOS window. That might help pin down whether there > are problems with your LaTeX (MiKTeX?) distribution. I tried exporting three files and see three different behaviours. Looks like my whole installation is even more broken than I thought. I think I will wipe all LyX and MikTeX from disk and try re-installing afterwards. If there anything I should delete after uninstalling the software from the Windows XP Control Panel to end up with a "clean" system? Matthias
Re: Completely removing LyX and MikTeX from Windows XP [was RE: pdflatex never finishes (LyX 2.0.1)]
On 15.09.2011 09:31, Matthias Hunstig wrote:
Hi,
It would be a good idea to export a file to LaTeX (pdflatex), then run
pdflatex against it in a DOS window. That might help pin down whether there
are problems with your LaTeX (MiKTeX?) distribution.
I tried exporting three files and see three different behaviours. Looks like my
whole installation is even more broken than I thought. I think I will wipe all
LyX and MikTeX from disk and try re-installing afterwards.
If there anything I should delete after uninstalling the software from the Windows XP
Control Panel to end up with a "clean" system?
Matthias
Assuming windows 7, you may want to delete (or simply rename/move it)
the LyX preferences folder ("lyx20"), in the AppData\Roaming folder in
you home directory (the AppData folder is hidden).
that would be
C:\Users\your_login\AppData\Roaming\lyx20
on windows 7, and something like (from memory)
C:\Documents and Settings\your_login\AppData\Roaming\lyx20
on XP.
Also, some apps can help checking for leftovers ("ccleaner" is such an
app) when uninstalling a soft (they are safe to use to analyse the
left-overs, you may want to be careful if you use them for cleaning)
Sincerely,
Olivier
Re: Completely removing LyX and MikTeX from Windows XP [was RE: pdflatex never finishes (LyX 2.0.1)]
Matthias Hunstig uni-paderborn.de> writes: > If there anything I should delete after uninstalling the software from the Windows XP Control Panel to end > up with a "clean" system? On Windows XP, look in C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data and delete any folders with 'Lyx' or 'Miktex' in their names. Note that this will delete any customized layouts, keyboard bindings etc. you might have stored for LyX. If you have any such things, it would be prudent to archive copies first. Also look in C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data for MikTeX directories. (LyX stores nothing there, but I think MiKTeX does.) Repeat this above with "All Users" in place of to catch anything stored if either LyX of MiKTeX was installed for all users. Paul
