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I use Texmaker and I keep getting this error:

! You can't use `macro parameter character #' in horizontal mode.

However I can force compile it using cmdline as pdflatex foo.tex.

Any idea what the error could be?

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article} 
\usepackage[paper=a4paper,left=30mm,right=20mm,top=25mm,bottom=30mm]{geometry}
\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
\usepackage[toc,page]{appendix}
\usepackage{framed}
\usepackage[toc]{glossaries}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{setspace}
\usepackage{mathtools}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{algorithm2e}
\usepackage{algorithmic}
\usepackage{underscore}
\begin{document}
{\large Thesis Advisory Committee}
       random text
\end{document}

It says the error is near {\large }.

I use this in the BiBTeX file:

@misc{ten,
    author = {pable, Chandandeep Singh },
    title = {Completely Fair Scheduler},
    howpublished = "\url{http://www.linuxjournal.com/magazine/completely-fair-scheduler}",
    year = {2009},
    note = "{Online, accessed 25-01-2013}"
}
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  • as the error says you have a # character in text, it can only be used as part of macro definitions. – David Carlisle Feb 27 '13 at 23:38
  • I do not have # character in text. – user2015933 Feb 27 '13 at 23:39
  • @user2015933 Ok. Please add \listfiles as a first line of the MWE you posted, try to compile it in TeXmaker. When the error appears, type x there, the compilation will be terminated. Then, add the .log file of this compilation to the question. Hopefully it will allow to track the error ;) – yo' Feb 27 '13 at 23:43
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    I think this has to do with a faulty .aux file from a previous run, since that is read around there. Delete that and recompile. – Werner Feb 27 '13 at 23:45
  • I deleted everything rm Version1.aux Version1.bbl Version1.blg Version1.glo Version1.ist Version1.lof Version1.log Version1.lot Version1.out Version1.synctex.gz Version1.pdf Version1.toc and made it again – user2015933 Feb 27 '13 at 23:47
  • I reckon it happens after compiling the citation file. – user2015933 Feb 27 '13 at 23:51
  • @user2015933 Are you meaning after running BibTeX? There is no citation in the example code. – egreg Feb 27 '13 at 23:55
  • No. I kicked all the files off. opened it with texmaker, no issues. compiled the bibtex file, ran it again - issue recurred again. – user2015933 Feb 27 '13 at 23:58
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    @user2015933: What BiBTeX file? – Werner Feb 28 '13 at 00:00
  • latex Version1.tex bibtex Version1 latex Version1.tex latex Version1.tex

    This is how I compile it.. and open it with texmaker again. that's when the problem starts.

     – user2015933 Feb 28 '13 at 00:04
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    @user2015933 your MWE doesn't have a bibtex file but you say you ran bibtex? – David Carlisle Feb 28 '13 at 00:24
  • Possible duplicate: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/15032/url-references-in-bibliography - does lockstep's answer solve the problem? – Stephen Feb 28 '13 at 20:37

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