Re: Can't Complie

It works now!!

Thanks

> s-rhiggin4 <at> math.unl.edu wrote:
>> I installed MikTek and then WinEdt on my fiancé's laptop.  I have
>> restarted WinEdt and rebooted the machine.  Unfortunately, I can't
>> compile.  I get the message:  "Error starting LaTex!"
>
> Open a command prompt and type "latex --version". You should see
> something like this:
>
> MiKTeX-pdfTeX 2.6.2693 (1.40.3) (MiKTeX 2.6)
> Copyright (C) 1982 D. E. Knuth, (C) 1996-2006 Han The Thanh
> TeX is a trademark of the American Mathematical Society.
>
> If you see that, MiKTeX is installed correctly and your problem lies
> with WinEdt. In that case, you'd best seek advice from the WinEdt
> mailing list.
>
> If, on the other hand, you see a message indicating that the latex
> command is unrecognized, it suggests that MiKTeX is installed
> incorrectly. In that case, the first thing to do is make sure the path
> to the bin directory in your MiKTeX folder (e.g., C:\Program
> Files\MiKTeX 2.6\bin) appears in your PATH environment variable
> (right-click on My Computer, select Properties, click the Advanced tab,
> then the Environment Variables button).
>
> Alan