LyX 2.4 & MikTeX problem

[Paul Rubin]

On 6/1/24 15:13, Bernt Lie via lyx-users wrote:
>
> I just installed LyX 2.4.0 on my computer, and it worked.
>
> Then I thought I should update MikTeX... Last time was in April 2024; 
> there were a number of updates.
>
> At the end of the update, I was told that the MikTeX console needed to 
> close down.
>
> When I tried to re-start it, I get this error message:
>
> I’m then trying to **re-install** MikTeX, but am told I cannot do that 
> in the default directory, because “the directory is not empty”.
>
> So I try to **un-install** MikTeX, but then get the same error message 
> as above.
>
> What on earth is going on?
>
> -B
>

Looks like a known issue (https://github.com/MiKTeX/miktex/issues/1489) 
with, apparently, a known workaround (at least for some people).

Paul
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