I have TexLive on Windows 10 installed. For some reason, it can only write to files in certain folders, and not others.
I am using the command: pdflatex sample2e.tex
This uses a sample document that comes with TexLive for testing. The file can be found here: http://www.wikiupload.com/UFRD0WK19701I6J
I get the following output in these folders (i.e. it works): C:\Users\josh_
,C:\Users\josh_\testing
, C:\testing
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.18 (TeX Live 2017/W32TeX) (preloaded format=pdflatex)
restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/sample2e.tex
LaTeX2e <2017-04-15>
Babel <3.13> and hyphenation patterns for 84 language(s) loaded.
(c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo)) (./sample2e.aux)
(c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/omscmr.fd) [1{c:/texlive/2016/texmf-
var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}] [2] [3] (./sample2e.aux) )<c:/texlive/
2016/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmbx12.pfb><c:/texlive/2016/texm
f-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmex10.pfb><c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/fo
nts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmmi10.pfb><c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/fonts/type1
/public/amsfonts/cm/cmmi7.pfb><c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/am
sfonts/cm/cmr10.pfb><c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/
cmr12.pfb><c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr17.pfb>
<c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr6.pfb><c:/texlive
/2016/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr7.pfb><c:/texlive/2016/texmf
-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr8.pfb><c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/fonts
/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmsy10.pfb><c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/pu
blic/amsfonts/cm/cmsy7.pfb><c:/texlive/2016/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/amsfo
nts/cm/cmti10.pfb>
Output written on sample2e.pdf (3 pages, 136743 bytes).
Transcript written on sample2e.log.
However, I get the following output in these folders (i.e. it doesn't work): C:\Users\josh_\Documents\tester
, C:\Users\josh_\Documents
, C:\Users\josh_\Dropbox
, C:\Users\josh_\Dropbox\tester
, C:\Users\josh_\Desktop
, C:\Users\josh_\Desktop\testing
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.18 (TeX Live 2017/W32TeX) (preloaded format=pdflatex)
restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
! I can't write on file `sample2e.log'.
(Press Enter to retry, or Control-Z to exit; default file extension is `.log')
Please type another transcript file name:
Can you tell me what is going on and how to fix it?
I particularly want to work in my Dropbox folders.
Thanks
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. Windows, in all its wisdom, gave "josh_" as the folder name when I first set up the computer. It is rather ridiculous. To clarify, I firstcd
into the folder and then run the command.