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I am trying to run some latex files on a new computer. I am using an external hard drive that is a direct copy of my previous computer so the files all should be fine, however I am getting the error:

Sorry, but "MiKTeX Compiler Driver" did not succeed.

The log file hopefully contains the information to get MiKTeX going again:

  C:/Users/******/AppData/Local/MiKTeX/2.9/miktex/log/texify.log

You may want to visit the MiKTeX project page, if you need help.

I have found lots of threads on this, but none of the solutions given have worked for me. I have tried deleting aux files and re-running, I have tried running from command prompt, I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling MiKTeX, I have tried running initexmf --mkmaps --verbose from the command prompt. The log file it directs me too reads as follows:

2018-03-15 11:36:30,425Z INFO  texify - starting with command line: 

"C:Program FilesMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64texify.exe" --pdf --synctex=1 --clean warwickthesis.tex

2018-03-15 11:36:49,382Z FATAL texify - BibTeX failed for some reason.

2018-03-15 11:36:49,382Z FATAL texify - Info: 

2018-03-15 11:36:49,382Z FATAL texify - Source: 

ProgramsMiKTeXtexifymcd.cpp

2018-03-15 11:36:49,382Z FATAL texify - Line: 1286

I have since tried running just pdflatex - this works but obviously does not create references etc. Running just bibtex does not work and returns this in the blg file:

This is BibTeX, Version 0.99dThe top-level auxiliary file: warwickthesis.aux

The style file: unsrt.bst

Database file #1: library.bib

Repeated entry---line 1242 of file library.bib

 : @article{Takishita2015

 :                       ,

I'm skipping whatever remains of this entry

Repeated entry---line 1396 of file library.bib

 : @article{Grassie2005

 :                     ,

I'm skipping whatever remains of this entry

Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "Haidemenopoulos2016"

Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "Hughes2015"

Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "Blitz1997"

Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "Bieber1998"

Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "Tian2005"

Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "Mina1997"

Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "Drinkwater2006"

Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "Grimberg2006"

Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "Edwards2008a"

Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "Gros1999"

Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "Hughes2014"

Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "Honarvar2013"

Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "Alvarez-Arenas2013"

Warning--I didn't find a database entry for "Kang2017"

... etc (few more of these)

Warning--empty journal in Ewert2013

Warning--can't use both author and editor fields in Achenbach1999

Warning--empty journal in Blake1990

Warning--empty note in Thring2018

(There were 2 error messages)

This is odd as the references are in my library created by Mendeley and the referencing works fine on a different computer.

Any suggestions?

I've had a similar issue since I have started compiling my thesis on my laptop rather than the machine at work and I am guessing they are different versions of Miktex or TexWorks. This error seems to occur when a reference is in the the bibtex file twice.

However if you have citation names that are separated by an underscore it doesn't read past the underscore. My bibtex file is created automatically by Zotero using the format "author_firstwordtitle_year", i.e. jones_paper_2018 or jones_anotherpaper_2018. When you compile it, it reads these two references as the being the same and hence the error occurs. I've just about finished my thesis so have manually added a number at the beginning to give me 1jones_paper_2018 and 2jones_anotherpaper_2018 and it works. This would however be a pain if I was still working on it and updating my bibtex file regularly as I would have to keep manually updating the automatically generated list.

I have no idea what problem the update that I assume has been made to MikTex/TexWorks has solved as it just seems to me it has made the whole thing worse.

I also encounter a similar problem. I.E. MiKTeX compiler driver did not succeed.

The problem is that I give the LaTeX file a name that with spaces. When I deleted all the spaces in the file name, then everything was fine.