Uninstalling MiKTeX 2.9











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I installed MiKTeX 2.9 on windows 7 but I was not able to compile files in Texmaker. Then I installed TeX Live, which is working fine. Now when I try to uninstall MiKTeX from Control panel, it gives following error: "Windows API error 5: Access is denied".
How to uninstall it now. I am beginner in LaTeX.






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    Did you try to uninstall as administrator?
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    Mar 3 '15 at 16:02






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    I opened control panel and right clicked on the program and tried Uninstall. How can I uninstall as admininstrator.
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I installed MiKTeX 2.9 on windows 7 but I was not able to compile files in Texmaker. Then I installed TeX Live, which is working fine. Now when I try to uninstall MiKTeX from Control panel, it gives following error: "Windows API error 5: Access is denied".
How to uninstall it now. I am beginner in LaTeX.






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    Did you try to uninstall as administrator?
    – Bernard
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:02






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    I opened control panel and right clicked on the program and tried Uninstall. How can I uninstall as admininstrator.
    – Ehsa
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:13















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I installed MiKTeX 2.9 on windows 7 but I was not able to compile files in Texmaker. Then I installed TeX Live, which is working fine. Now when I try to uninstall MiKTeX from Control panel, it gives following error: "Windows API error 5: Access is denied".
How to uninstall it now. I am beginner in LaTeX.






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I installed MiKTeX 2.9 on windows 7 but I was not able to compile files in Texmaker. Then I installed TeX Live, which is working fine. Now when I try to uninstall MiKTeX from Control panel, it gives following error: "Windows API error 5: Access is denied".
How to uninstall it now. I am beginner in LaTeX.






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    Did you try to uninstall as administrator?
    – Bernard
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:02






  • 2




    I opened control panel and right clicked on the program and tried Uninstall. How can I uninstall as admininstrator.
    – Ehsa
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:13
















  • 2




    Did you try to uninstall as administrator?
    – Bernard
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:02






  • 2




    I opened control panel and right clicked on the program and tried Uninstall. How can I uninstall as admininstrator.
    – Ehsa
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:13










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Did you try to uninstall as administrator?
– Bernard
Mar 3 '15 at 16:02




Did you try to uninstall as administrator?
– Bernard
Mar 3 '15 at 16:02




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I opened control panel and right clicked on the program and tried Uninstall. How can I uninstall as admininstrator.
– Ehsa
Mar 3 '15 at 16:13






I opened control panel and right clicked on the program and tried Uninstall. How can I uninstall as admininstrator.
– Ehsa
Mar 3 '15 at 16:13












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I suppose you have a standard installation. Go to C:Program FilesMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64internal. Right-click on uninstall_admin.exe and select Execute as Administrator.



If you have MiKTeX 32 bit, go toC:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64internal.






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  • I followed the above steps but it gives an error: The IniTeXMF executable could not be found
    – Ehsa
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:33












  • I'm puzzled… Try to execute uninstall.exe (as administrator).
    – Bernard
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:37










  • Did that as well. The error is same.
    – Ehsa
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:39










  • Perhaps your installation was buggy? It's strange you couldn't compile from TeXmaker.
    – Bernard
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:46






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    I had a similar issue: I installed MiKTeX without admin rights and only uninstall.exe works (without starting it as admin).
    – Dr. Manuel Kuehner
    May 25 at 22:00


















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I had the same Windows API (application programming interface?) error as above. I dragged the entire MiKTeX 2.9 folder to the trash and then went to the "Change or remove a program" option from Control Panel. MiKTeX 2.9 was still on the list, but when I clicked "Uninstall", I got a message saying that it may already be uninstalled and asked whether I'd like to remove it from the list of Programs - I clicked "Yes".



It seems to be gone!






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    Hmmm... so you deleted MiKTeX and you can still compile? That's odd. Is this at all helpful?
    – Werner
    Feb 26 '17 at 6:54










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I suppose you have a standard installation. Go to C:Program FilesMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64internal. Right-click on uninstall_admin.exe and select Execute as Administrator.



If you have MiKTeX 32 bit, go toC:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64internal.






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  • I followed the above steps but it gives an error: The IniTeXMF executable could not be found
    – Ehsa
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:33












  • I'm puzzled… Try to execute uninstall.exe (as administrator).
    – Bernard
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:37










  • Did that as well. The error is same.
    – Ehsa
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:39










  • Perhaps your installation was buggy? It's strange you couldn't compile from TeXmaker.
    – Bernard
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:46






  • 1




    I had a similar issue: I installed MiKTeX without admin rights and only uninstall.exe works (without starting it as admin).
    – Dr. Manuel Kuehner
    May 25 at 22:00















up vote
12
down vote













I suppose you have a standard installation. Go to C:Program FilesMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64internal. Right-click on uninstall_admin.exe and select Execute as Administrator.



If you have MiKTeX 32 bit, go toC:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64internal.






share|improve this answer





















  • I followed the above steps but it gives an error: The IniTeXMF executable could not be found
    – Ehsa
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:33












  • I'm puzzled… Try to execute uninstall.exe (as administrator).
    – Bernard
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:37










  • Did that as well. The error is same.
    – Ehsa
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:39










  • Perhaps your installation was buggy? It's strange you couldn't compile from TeXmaker.
    – Bernard
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:46






  • 1




    I had a similar issue: I installed MiKTeX without admin rights and only uninstall.exe works (without starting it as admin).
    – Dr. Manuel Kuehner
    May 25 at 22:00













up vote
12
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up vote
12
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I suppose you have a standard installation. Go to C:Program FilesMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64internal. Right-click on uninstall_admin.exe and select Execute as Administrator.



If you have MiKTeX 32 bit, go toC:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64internal.






share|improve this answer












I suppose you have a standard installation. Go to C:Program FilesMiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64internal. Right-click on uninstall_admin.exe and select Execute as Administrator.



If you have MiKTeX 32 bit, go toC:Program Files (x86)MiKTeX 2.9miktexbinx64internal.







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answered Mar 3 '15 at 16:24









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  • I followed the above steps but it gives an error: The IniTeXMF executable could not be found
    – Ehsa
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:33












  • I'm puzzled… Try to execute uninstall.exe (as administrator).
    – Bernard
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:37










  • Did that as well. The error is same.
    – Ehsa
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:39










  • Perhaps your installation was buggy? It's strange you couldn't compile from TeXmaker.
    – Bernard
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:46






  • 1




    I had a similar issue: I installed MiKTeX without admin rights and only uninstall.exe works (without starting it as admin).
    – Dr. Manuel Kuehner
    May 25 at 22:00


















  • I followed the above steps but it gives an error: The IniTeXMF executable could not be found
    – Ehsa
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:33












  • I'm puzzled… Try to execute uninstall.exe (as administrator).
    – Bernard
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:37










  • Did that as well. The error is same.
    – Ehsa
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:39










  • Perhaps your installation was buggy? It's strange you couldn't compile from TeXmaker.
    – Bernard
    Mar 3 '15 at 16:46






  • 1




    I had a similar issue: I installed MiKTeX without admin rights and only uninstall.exe works (without starting it as admin).
    – Dr. Manuel Kuehner
    May 25 at 22:00
















I followed the above steps but it gives an error: The IniTeXMF executable could not be found
– Ehsa
Mar 3 '15 at 16:33






I followed the above steps but it gives an error: The IniTeXMF executable could not be found
– Ehsa
Mar 3 '15 at 16:33














I'm puzzled… Try to execute uninstall.exe (as administrator).
– Bernard
Mar 3 '15 at 16:37




I'm puzzled… Try to execute uninstall.exe (as administrator).
– Bernard
Mar 3 '15 at 16:37












Did that as well. The error is same.
– Ehsa
Mar 3 '15 at 16:39




Did that as well. The error is same.
– Ehsa
Mar 3 '15 at 16:39












Perhaps your installation was buggy? It's strange you couldn't compile from TeXmaker.
– Bernard
Mar 3 '15 at 16:46




Perhaps your installation was buggy? It's strange you couldn't compile from TeXmaker.
– Bernard
Mar 3 '15 at 16:46




1




1




I had a similar issue: I installed MiKTeX without admin rights and only uninstall.exe works (without starting it as admin).
– Dr. Manuel Kuehner
May 25 at 22:00




I had a similar issue: I installed MiKTeX without admin rights and only uninstall.exe works (without starting it as admin).
– Dr. Manuel Kuehner
May 25 at 22:00










up vote
0
down vote













I had the same Windows API (application programming interface?) error as above. I dragged the entire MiKTeX 2.9 folder to the trash and then went to the "Change or remove a program" option from Control Panel. MiKTeX 2.9 was still on the list, but when I clicked "Uninstall", I got a message saying that it may already be uninstalled and asked whether I'd like to remove it from the list of Programs - I clicked "Yes".



It seems to be gone!






share|improve this answer

















  • 2




    Hmmm... so you deleted MiKTeX and you can still compile? That's odd. Is this at all helpful?
    – Werner
    Feb 26 '17 at 6:54















up vote
0
down vote













I had the same Windows API (application programming interface?) error as above. I dragged the entire MiKTeX 2.9 folder to the trash and then went to the "Change or remove a program" option from Control Panel. MiKTeX 2.9 was still on the list, but when I clicked "Uninstall", I got a message saying that it may already be uninstalled and asked whether I'd like to remove it from the list of Programs - I clicked "Yes".



It seems to be gone!






share|improve this answer

















  • 2




    Hmmm... so you deleted MiKTeX and you can still compile? That's odd. Is this at all helpful?
    – Werner
    Feb 26 '17 at 6:54













up vote
0
down vote










up vote
0
down vote









I had the same Windows API (application programming interface?) error as above. I dragged the entire MiKTeX 2.9 folder to the trash and then went to the "Change or remove a program" option from Control Panel. MiKTeX 2.9 was still on the list, but when I clicked "Uninstall", I got a message saying that it may already be uninstalled and asked whether I'd like to remove it from the list of Programs - I clicked "Yes".



It seems to be gone!






share|improve this answer












I had the same Windows API (application programming interface?) error as above. I dragged the entire MiKTeX 2.9 folder to the trash and then went to the "Change or remove a program" option from Control Panel. MiKTeX 2.9 was still on the list, but when I clicked "Uninstall", I got a message saying that it may already be uninstalled and asked whether I'd like to remove it from the list of Programs - I clicked "Yes".



It seems to be gone!







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    Hmmm... so you deleted MiKTeX and you can still compile? That's odd. Is this at all helpful?
    – Werner
    Feb 26 '17 at 6:54














  • 2




    Hmmm... so you deleted MiKTeX and you can still compile? That's odd. Is this at all helpful?
    – Werner
    Feb 26 '17 at 6:54








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2




Hmmm... so you deleted MiKTeX and you can still compile? That's odd. Is this at all helpful?
– Werner
Feb 26 '17 at 6:54




Hmmm... so you deleted MiKTeX and you can still compile? That's odd. Is this at all helpful?
– Werner
Feb 26 '17 at 6:54





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