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I am running the latest x64 MikTex install on a Windows7-x64 machine. I use WinEdt7 as my front end. Yesterday, YAP started misbehaving. When I "Texify" anything, there are no errors but YAP freezes to the taskbar. In other words, the YAP Window will not maximize. What is going on? This happens no matter what. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling YAP to no avail.

Is there a way to use the dvi-viewer that comes bundled with TeXLive instead?

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i'm not a miktex or yap user, but "freezing" sounds like you might have gotten into a tight loop. that can happen if you (usually accidentally) define something to be itself. then tex just "chases its tail", and never gets back to you. very disconcerting. – barbara beeton Jan 11 at 18:31
That should be a function of the header right? Even if I define a simple header, i.e. article-class with some text, I see the same misbehavior by YAP. – Antillar Maximus Jan 11 at 18:43
if your "header" (i.e. \documentclass) is an old, tried and true one, and your text is something simple, like "hello world", then a loop is unlikely. if that freezes your system, then i'd suspect the software. since you're using miktex, if you don't get a good answer here, there's a miktex mailing list where miktex-specific questions should get knowledgeable attention. – barbara beeton Jan 11 at 18:52
You could , of course, use a portable TeX Live installation for a test. – Speravir Jan 11 at 20:30
@Speravir, I have a TeXLive installation on my Win8 drive and it works very well. It is just that I have a lot of custom style flies etc in the MikTex install. I don't even remember what customizations I made. Hence the reluctance to switch over. – Antillar Maximus Jan 12 at 14:13
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