Re: [AUCTeX] Auctex cannot call LaTeX

[José Carlos Santos]

On 17-05-2007 19:46, José Carlos Santos wrote:

> At one of my machines (Windows XP), I replaced fpTeX by MiKTeX 2.5. Now,
> if I open a LaTeX file with Emacs and try to compile  it, I get an
> error like:
>
> Running `LaTeX' on `test' with ``latex  -interaction=nonstopmode 
> "\input" "test.tex"''
> latex: The file system path could not be retrieved.
>
> LaTeX exited abnormally with code 1 at Thu May 17 19:31:20
>
> I have the same problem when I try to preview a .dvi file, but *not*
> when I try to preview a .pdf file.
>
> Furthermore, I only have this problem when I work as an ordinary user.
> If I work as an administrator, all works well. Besides, the two _emacs
> files (the one that corresponds to the administrator and my personal
> one) are identical.

I was able to solve the problem. First, I used the machine as another
user (neither my ordinary account nor the administrator's account) and
all went fine. So, it was a specific problem concerning my account. Then
I solved the problem in a rather radical way: I created a new account
for me and copied everything from the old one into the new one. Now
everything works as it should.

One of these days, I will see what is it like to work with a _real_
operating system.

Best regards,

Jose Carlos Santos