Application Download Did Not Succeed Windows 8
Ted Brathwaite
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Sorry, but "MiKTeX Configuration Utility" did not succeed for the following reason: --common-install=C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9: unknown option The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going again:
I do find it rather disturbing that the slashes do not seem to be consistent in the URIs. That's a sure way to make things not work, from my limited programming experience. But I see that has been the case in most of the instances of failed installations since 2013, at least. If it were the problem, I would hope it would've gotten fixed by now. So not likely the problem?
Apparently the initexmf.exe file does not like being renamed. According to a bug report with this issue: #2515 basic-miktex installer fails if the executable is renamed, it checks for the name of the invoker and only makes available certain options if the name matches.
Apparently there is a logical error in the setup utility initexmf.exe that prevents it from completing an install of build 2.9.6942 for All Users, i.e. in C:\Programs. From Jorge Martinez' post, it can install for a single user.
I deleted all MiKTeX folders in C:\Programs and C:\Users\\AppData\Local and ran the installation for MiKTeX build 2.9.6161, which I had saved from the original installation. This installer completed successfully and my TeXnicCenter 2.02 is fully functional again. I'll update when another build of MiKTeX appears and a check here shows that it works for All Users.
I had the similar problem as you, and making sure that Adobe Reader is not running during the MiKTeX installation helped in my case. I also closed Word, Notepad and every other text processing program, just in case.
Installation was successful after closing all applications (including MS office, Firefox, and the Adobe Updater from Task Manager as it was the only remaining Adobe process). I then installed as described above, but further chose "install for all users" and "ask me first" pertaining to auto-installing missing packages. These were the installer defaults, whereas before I chose "for only this user" and "install missing packages on the fly". I cannot confirm if all of these steps are necessary, I'm not touching my working installation anymore :)
I could solve the problem running the setup as administrator, previously I deleted all files in the created folder (Miktex). Important thing: I run the setup as administrator and I installed the BASIC Miktex and it seems to work, right now I'm installing all the extra libraries or whatever are needed. Hope it's usefull
The arguments are well-worn, and we've been hearing them ever since Apple opened the App Store for the iPhone. Windows 10 S blocks the execution of any program that wasn't downloaded from the Windows Store. Arbitrary downloaded apps, or even apps with physical install media, are forbidden, a move that on the one hand prevents running malware but on the other blocks the use of most Windows software. Windows Store apps include both tightly sandboxed apps, built using the Universal Windows Platform, and lightly restricted Win32 apps that have been packaged for the Store using the Desktop App converter, formerly known as Project Centennial.
In spite of this, Windows 10 S is already being attacked, heralded as the beginning of the end for Windows and an unjustifiable loss of control. Why would Microsoft make such a move? According to critics, it's not for any reason that benefits Windows users, but rather so that the company can enjoy the riches that come from taking a 30-percent cut of everything sold through the Windows Store.
I'd argue, however, that Windows users should want Windows 10 S to succeed. Windows 10 S isn't for everybody, and Windows 10 S may not be for you, but if Windows 10 S succeeds, it will make Windows 10 better for everyone.
The biggest practical problem with Windows 10 S right now is that Store dependence. Not because of any philosophical objection to Stores, but because the Store doesn't have a great many apps in it. In this way, Windows 10 S resembles Microsoft's previous attempt to create a Store-only device; Windows RT. There were vanishingly few worthwhile apps to run on Windows RT, and that was one of the chief reasons the operating system failed in the market.
But the Store in Windows RT required developers to write their apps from scratch. With negligible numbers of users, developers were uninterested in doing this work. The Store in Windows 10 has Centennial. In principle, Centennial should make it easy to package existing Win32 apps and sell them through the Store, and if developers of Windows apps adopt Centennial en masse then the Store restriction shouldn't be particularly restrictive.
Widespread adoption will be good for Windows users of all stripes. While many Windows users will say they want the freedom and flexibility to install anything from anywhere, the lived experience of this often leaves a lot to be desired. Applications routinely don't install or uninstall cleanly, leaving scattered remnants of their existence on your system. Apps with complex dependencies will often leave those dependencies in place when you uninstall, or they will sometimes remove those dependencies even though other apps still depend on them.
Application maintenance is also annoying. Some apps will install background services to update themselves; others will check for updates when you run them and ask to be updated. Some apps will install entire other apps just to handle updating. And plenty of apps still don't bother to include any good way of updating themselves at all, so you'll only get newer, better versions if you proactively go out looking for them.
None of this is actually very good. Windows users might tolerate this in the name of freedom and flexibility, but it's objectively crap. There's no virtue to these inconveniences. They're just annoyances, a consequence of different developers having their own taste and preferences.
Regardless of the kind of Windows user you are, these are desirable features. Most Windows software would be better if it were available from the Store. But most Windows software is not available through the Store, forcing us to use the mess of bad installers and bad updaters that dominate.
As Petri found when it surveyed a bunch of app developers, application developers for Windows aren't putting their apps in the Store, because they're not seeing a whole lot of interest in the Store. Packing an app with Centennial does require some amount of effort on the developer's part, and this forces them to ensure that their app doesn't do any of the things that Centennial doesn't allow.
One thing we've heard from devs that have used the Store is that it's actually pretty useful; the Store provides good information on things like usage levels and crashes, and it offers a feedback channel with ratings and comments. This can give the developers insight that they might not otherwise have.
It's not entirely surprising that Windows 10 users aren't calling for developers to use the Store, either. While Windows 10 does try to promote the Store, the advantages aren't particularly well understood or promoted. The Store hasn't entered their consciousness as a place to acquire applications, and the paltry selection of good apps in the Store isn't doing much to change their minds.
Microsoft is doing its part to improve the application selection, as it will soon be offering the Office desktop apps to the Store (using Centennial) for anyone with an Office 365 subscription. It would be great if Redmond could similarly get companies like Adobe to support the Store, but that's not an entirely straightforward prospect. Adobe has its own subscription service, Creative Cloud, and isn't likely to want to give up a share of the revenue just to be in the Store. Microsoft would do well to relax its revenue and billing requirements to ensure that developers like Adobe can use the Store without losing a cut; it would make the Store a much more credible source of Windows apps.
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