psfrag or auto-pst-pdf return error: LaTeX Warning: File `filename-pics.pdf' not found on input line

Question

I am using TeXworks to write my thesis. But I am unable to use psfrag package with auto-pst-pdf because it returns error about a file that I haven't even called in main command line. Instead there is another file called in line 29 which is eps logo of my uni and it is in same directory in which "test" file is. I have tried both name, i.e. "Logo_Uni" and "Logo_Uni.eps" but still same error. And if i comment out Logo from below code the psfrag don't even work and no figure is shown in output pdf.

The Typesetting is pdfLaTex+MakeIndex+BibTeX and test.TeX file is as below

\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,final]{report}
\usepackage{mathtools} 
\DeclareMathOperator*{\argminA}{arg\,min}
\usepackage{cite}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amsfonts}
\usepackage{psfrag}
\usepackage{auto-pst-pdf}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{5}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{5}
\usepackage{epsf}
  \usepackage{color}
  \usepackage{rotating}
  \usepackage{trfsigns}
    \usepackage{graphicx,psfrag,amssymb}
    \usepackage[dvips]{epsfig}
\usepackage{helvet}
\usepackage{caption}


\begin{document}

{\begin{figure}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics{Logo_Uni}
\end{center}
\end{figure}}


\psfragfig{PL_newTag}{
\psfrag{Sigma}{$\sigma_{SS,k}^2$}
}

\end{document}

Console Output:

LaTeX Warning: File `test-pics.pdf' not found on input line 29.


! Package pdftex.def Error: File `test-pics.pdf' not found: using draft setting
.

See the pdftex.def package documentation for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...                                              

l.29 \includegraphics{Logo_Uni}

? 

2019-02-02 22:42:38,630+0500 INFO  pdflatex - finishing with exit code 1
2019-02-02 22:42:39,458+0500 INFO  pdflatex - starting with command line: pdflatex --synctex=1 --shell-escape C:/Users/mwx416012/Desktop/psfrag_testing\test.tex
2019-02-02 22:42:39,466+0500 INFO  pdflatex - allowing known shell commands
2019-02-02 22:42:39,467+0500 INFO  pdflatex - enabling input (output) from (to) processes
2019-02-02 22:42:39,467+0500 INFO  pdflatex - allowing all shell commands
2019-02-02 22:42:39,776+0500 INFO  pdflatex - executing write18 shell command: echo " "
2019-02-02 22:42:39,824+0500 INFO  pdflatex - executing write18 shell command: echo "-------------------------------------------------"
2019-02-02 22:42:39,853+0500 INFO  pdflatex - executing write18 shell command: echo "auto-pst-pdf: Auxiliary LaTeX compilation"
2019-02-02 22:42:39,882+0500 INFO  pdflatex - executing write18 shell command: echo "-------------------------------------------------"
2019-02-02 22:42:40,010+0500 INFO  pdflatex - executing write18 shell command: latex -disable-write18 -jobname="test-autopp" -interaction=batchmode  "\let \APPmakepictures \empty \input  test.tex"
2019-02-02 22:42:41,363+0500 INFO  pdflatex - executing write18 shell command: dvips -Ppdf -o "test-autopp.ps" "test-autopp.dvi"
2019-02-02 22:42:41,942+0500 INFO  pdflatex - executing write18 shell command: ps2pdf  "test-autopp.ps" "test-autopp.pdf"
2019-02-02 22:42:42,985+0500 INFO  pdflatex - executing write18 shell command: pdfcrop  "test-autopp.pdf" "test-pics.pdf"
2019-02-02 22:42:43,325+0500 INFO  pdflatex - executing write18 shell command: echo "-------------------------------------------------"
2019-02-02 22:42:43,368+0500 INFO  pdflatex - executing write18 shell command: echo "auto-pst-pdf: End auxiliary LaTeX compilation"
2019-02-02 22:42:43,395+0500 INFO  pdflatex - executing write18 shell command: echo "-------------------------------------------------"

@KJO

2019-02-02 22:56:41,219+0500 INFO  pdflatex - starting with command line: pdflatex --synctex=1 --shell-escape C:/Users/mwx416012/Desktop\Hallo.tex
2019-02-02 22:56:41,224+0500 INFO  pdflatex - allowing known shell commands
2019-02-02 22:56:41,224+0500 INFO  pdflatex - enabling input (output) from (to) processes
2019-02-02 22:56:41,224+0500 INFO  pdflatex - allowing all shell commands
2019-02-02 22:56:41,413+0500 INFO  pdflatex - executing write18 shell command: echo "hallo"
2019-02-02 22:56:41,604+0500 INFO  pdflatex - finishing with exit code 0
2019-02-02 22:56:41,893+0500 INFO  pdflatex - starting with command line: pdflatex --synctex=1 --shell-escape C:/Users/mwx416012/Desktop\Hallo.tex
2019-02-02 22:56:41,895+0500 INFO  pdflatex - allowing known shell commands
2019-02-02 22:56:41,895+0500 INFO  pdflatex - enabling input (output) from (to) processes
2019-02-02 22:56:41,895+0500 INFO  pdflatex - allowing all shell commands
2019-02-02 22:56:41,987+0500 INFO  pdflatex - executing write18 shell command: echo "hallo"
2019-02-02 22:56:42,175+0500 INFO  pdflatex - finishing with exit code 0

Answer 1

LaTeX Warning: File 'TeXfilename-pics.pdf' not found on input line

Is an indication that either or both perl and ghostscript were not able to execute the temporary file TeXfilename-pics.

We established that in this case shell escape is functioning correctly thus the remaining issue is where on your path are perl and ghostscript.

To check if they are installed run a windows command console and type

perl --version

If it responds with the version all is well (otherwise install it) also check

gswin32c --version

If it responds with the version all is well (otherwise install it)

Once they are correctly in place on your path any other warnings should not be from these two causes