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I installed MikTEX yesterday and TeXmaker, however I have some problems.

When I am trying to make a simple "hello world" document in Texmaker I get the following error "log file not found".

However if I copy my code from TeXmaker into TeXworks then the document complies perfectly and works?

Can anyone help me with this problem?

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Welcome to TeX.sx! – texenthusiast Feb 27 at 3:54
check the file name if it has spaces or special characters. it should be Naming LaTeX files: best practice? or see the options->configure menu of TeXmaker for the pdflatex executables path is correct. Also in TeXmaker you need to name the file and save before compilation unlike TeXworks which saves as file with untitled.tex names – texenthusiast Feb 27 at 4:01
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Since TeXmaker is just an editor, you have to configure it to detect/use your TeX distribution. See TeXmaker (Windows version) - first use - Error: Log file not found! and LaTeX Error “log file not found” that seem to show similar symptoms. – Werner Feb 27 at 4:30
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Thank you very much! THe problem was the executables paht, but now it works like a charm! – Thomas Gillespie Vestergaard Feb 28 at 2:35

closed as too localized by Speravir, Kurt, Qrrbrbirlbel, Werner, percusse Mar 3 at 2:08

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