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I have installed last version of Miktex 32 bit, texworsk, paths are set corrently when I try to use library mathtools it gets this! LaTeX Error: File `mathtools.sty' not found. Any idea why it fails to install the library?

starting package maintenance...
installation directory: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Miktex"
package repository: http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/software/tex/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/
lightweight database digest: bb1a4b3c90f91ec159a27c8ce89ca32b
going to download 2144911 bytes
going to install 20 file(s) (1 package(s))
downloading http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/software/tex/systems/win32/miktex/tm/packages/mh.tar.lzma...
2144911 bytes, 1613.74 KB/Sec
extracting files from mh.tar.lzma...
pdflatex.exe: Windows API error 5: Access is denied.

pdflatex.exe: Data: C:\Program Files (x86)\Miktex\doc/latex/mh
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! LaTeX Error: File `mathtools.sty' not found.

Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
or enter new name. (Default extension: sty)

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That's weird... Looks like it's downloading the correct package (mh) and then can't find mathtools.sty inside. Can you check the content of the directory C:\Program Files (x86)\Miktex\doc/latex/mh and see if the file is here or not? And if not, can you check the permissions of the latex folder? – T. Verron Feb 9 at 9:10
there is not such a folder, I think it might be the permissions messing this up – Ondřej Svoboda Feb 9 at 9:13
Did the on-the-fly install feature ever work on your system? – T. Verron Feb 9 at 9:21
Problems really was with the permissions.I managed to solve it. tex.stackexchange.com/questions/51799/… – Ondřej Svoboda Feb 9 at 9:34
thanks for answers :) – Ondřej Svoboda Feb 9 at 9:34

closed as too localized by Stefan Kottwitz♦ Feb 9 at 10:07

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