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In 7.1.1 of the PGFPLOTS library the following example of externalization is given. Whatever I try, I cannot get it to work in TeXniccenter, running MiKTeX 2.8. 

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usepgfplotslibrary{external}
\tikzexternalize% activate externalization!

\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}
\addplot {x^2};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\caption{Our first external graphics example}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

I tried adding the following command line arguments to the output profile

-shell-escape -synctex=-1 -interaction=nonstopmode "%bm"

And tried a number of other things, but I cannot get it to work. Error:

Package TiKz error: Sorry the system call 'pdflatex -halt-on-error -interaction=batchmode -jobname "plaatje-figure0" ... did NOT result in a usable output file 'plaatje-figure0'

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    I think in MikTeX you have to compile with -enable-write18 instead of -shell-escape. So try changing that in the command line arguments and in the TeX file (\tikzexternalize[shell escape=-enable-write18])
    – Caramdir
    Jun 15, 2012 at 17:30
  • Note, that did not make a change. But updating to MiKTeX 2.9 did. Don't know why, though?
    – willem
    Jun 15, 2012 at 17:54
  • I still cannot get my head around the fact that MiKTeX 2.8 would not work? I Downloaded PGF from the repository. Is the repository not updated for a fixed version of MiKTEX?
    – willem
    Jun 15, 2012 at 18:19
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    @willem Have a look at the MikTeX manual and the release note for version 2.9. Maybe you find an explanation.
    – Sveinung
    Jun 15, 2012 at 21:37

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Updating the MikTeX installation would solve the issue as I'm using the same configuration

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