Re: [AUCTeX] auctex/miktex/windows problem: "specified path is invalid"

[David Kastrup]

"Emin.shopper Martinian.shopper" <address@hidden> writes:

> Dear Experts,
>
> I downloaded and installed the version of emacs for windows with auctex
> built-in along with miktex, but I get the following problem when trying to
> compile a file:
>
> -------------------------
> Running `LaTeX' on `report' with ``latex  -interaction=nonstopmode "\input" "
> report.tex"''
> This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.6-2.2 (MiKTeX 2.5)
> entering extended mode
> LaTeX2e <2005/12/01>
> Babel <v3.8g> and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang, nohyphenation, 
> ge
> rman, ngerman, french, loaded.
> (report.texlatex: Windows API error 161: The specified path is invalid.
>
>
> LaTeX exited abnormally with code 1 at Fri Mar 23 16:28:07
>
> ------------------------
>
> It seems like auctex is finding MiKTeX properly, but then it complains about 
> an
> invalid path. Any thoughts?

What happens if you call

latex "\input" "report.tex"

on the command line?

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