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While installing MiKTeX this error is coming:

Permission denied: path="C/program Files/MiKTeX 2.9\doc/bibitex/apalike/apalike.doc

My OS version is Windows 7 Ultimate and I downloaded complete MiKTeX files from http://miktex.org using 64bit net installer option.

Then, during installation, it is showing this error. (Earlier I had installed MiKTeX and then deleted all files related to it, since it was not possible to uninstall it completely.)

Please help me to resolve this problem.

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  • Welcome to TeX.SX! You can have a look at our starter guide to familiarize yourself further with our format (e.g. you do not need to display your email). Permission denied is more a MS-Windows related issue. Are you installing MikTeX with an administrator-priviledges?
    – ebosi
    Commented Jun 27, 2016 at 16:42
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    – ebosi
    Commented Jun 27, 2016 at 16:50
  • I think this answer has the possible reasons the installation fails: tex.stackexchange.com/a/162364/43189 . Try disabling the antivirus first. If no luck, google for 'miktex installation error permission denied' - you'll get some more pointers.
    – alwaysask
    Commented Jun 27, 2016 at 16:55

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There are several errors here.

First: a path for windows 64 bit has to look like c:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\doc\bibtex\apalike\apalike.doc and not yours path="C/program Files/MiKTeX 2.9\doc/bibitex/apalike/apalike.doc. you missed : and mixed \ and /.

In LaTeX it could be that the path is printed with the linux path delimiter /. But if there is a mixing of both, that is an error, usually caused by manual typing an path ...

Second: where does your cited bibitex comes from? I guess a typo? I corrected it above to bibtex ...

Third: You did not tell which MiKTeX version you installed. Please add this information to your question.

Because there are some informations missing, I can only guess. Please proof and report the result.

For me it seems you used a wrong typed path inserted for the MiKTeX installer.

Check the resulting installation log file and report the result.

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  • windows takes forward/backward slashes mixed or not as folder sep since the beginning. MiKTeX does this uncommon thing to report/log mixed slashes. bibitex leads to believe it was a manually typed path in this question. The missing : would not have lead to this error, only to installation to an unwanted place/path. An invalid path would have stopped installation from the start but the OP said "during installation". I suppose MiKTeX is 2.9 (from path), likely the latest (from "I downloaded"). When installation stops at doc, dll, exe or other win "goodies", the AV is the main suspect.
    – alwaysask
    Commented Jun 28, 2016 at 4:35

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