Hello, -----Original Message----- From: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org [mailto:lyx-users@lists.lyx.org] On Behalf Of Paul Rubin Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 11:39 PM
> When you successfully run latex at a command prompt, you are doing so with > the limited rights account, correct? Yes. > Am I correct in assuming that if you log in with the local admin account, LyX > works correctly for you? Yes. > One thing you might try is to delete the local LyX directory for the limited > rights user, then restart LyX (as the limited rights user) and let it try to > rebuild that directory. I think the directory is usually stored at > C:\Documents and Settings\<limited rights user id>\Application Data\lyx. > (Unfortunately I don't have access to a Win XP machine anymore.) Just delete > the entire directory. I you have modified any bind or layout files, you > might want to back those up first, but if this is an out-of-the-box LyX > installation there is nothing there you need to worry about. I tried that (directories are actually called LyX2.0 and lyx16). It worked for 1.6.10 - thanks for the help - but for 2.0.0 the problem persists. So it probably is related to some change from 1.6 to 2.0. Matthias