I am not really a hero with Windows, but maybe: - Go to Control Panel, Add/Remove Software, and remove everything related to TeXLive - Check the directories manually and manually remove any remaining files / directories - Install TeXLive from scratch
Hopefully this will give you a clean system. Backup any personal material you may have put into the texmf tree. Otherwise, maybe you can find a "registry cleaning tool", maybe on SourceForge or similar? Cheers, Wilfred >________________________________ > From: John Was <john....@ntlworld.com> >To: XeTeX (Unicode-based TeX) discussion. <xetex@tug.org> >Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 2:02 AM >Subject: Re: [XeTeX] Broken XeTeX > > >I'm afraid I've run into something rather more serious. I installed the >2012 DVD and all went OK, but now from the command prompt I get > >(null): fatal: Can't determine where the executable xetex is. > >If I go manually to the TeXLive directory and click on xetex.exe (which >certainly is there), for a microsecond I get a DOS prompt box flashing up >but it immediately disappears. > >The PATH environment is OK so I'm rather stumped - I think it's probably a >Registry corruption, but any other ideas would be welcome! > >Best wishes > > >John > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Peter Dyballa" <peter_dyba...@web.de> >To: "XeTeX (Unicode-based TeX) discussion." <xetex@tug.org> >Sent: 11 June 2013 16:02 >Subject: Re: [XeTeX] Broken XeTeX > > > >Am 11.06.2013 um 16:26 schrieb John Was: > >> I will investigate, but may have to reinstall (or install an updated >> version, which I guess I ought to as 2009 seems a long way off now). > >Instead of trying to install a newer xdvipdfmx (then this binary certainly >won't work because it would search its resources outside of TL '09), you >could update to a TL '13 pre-release… > >> TL Manager isn't working either so it looks as if something rather nasty >> has happened! > >Does it see backups of the TL packages? Do you have made backups of your >system? Why not? A TL '09 manager does not work with any other release than >TL '09. And this release should still be available in the historic branch of >CTAN. > >-- >Greetings > > Pete > >Upgraded, adj.: >Didn't work the first time. > > > > >-------------------------------------------------- >Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex > > > >-------------------------------------------------- >Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex > >
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