Error when compiling (pdfLaTeX)

Question

I wrote some lines and I wanted to view the pdf, so I compiled and built but I have this error message:

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-1.40.13 (MiKTeX 2.9 64-bit)
pdflatex.EXE: The memory dump file could not be found.
pdflatex.EXE: Data: pdflatex.fmt
texify: pdflatex failed for some reason (see log file).

Can you help me to correct this error?

Welcome to TeX.SX! You may have a look on our starter guide. — Heiko Oberdiek, May 14 '13 at 15:40
You can try to regenerate the format files (initexmf --dump) or just the format for pdfLaTeX (initexmf --dump=pdflatex). — Heiko Oberdiek, May 14 '13 at 15:43
Thank you for your answer but can you tell me where i have to write this please? — GuestMan, May 16 '13 at 15:57
The command line. Alternative, Start->Programs->MiKTeX 2.9->Maintenance->Settings and "Update Formats", see documentation with screenshot. — Heiko Oberdiek, May 16 '13 at 20:13
Encountered a similar problem ... Error disappeared when I ran the same command with Admin privileges. After that, things seem to work even without Admin on, guess it was some one time setup which was causing the problem. — vervenumen, Aug 18 '13 at 10:54
@YashotejaPrabhu: +1 Thanks for your comment. I am running Texmaker on Windows 8 and had to run the whole program as an Administrator to get around this error. Just posting in case this helps others. — Doug, Jul 03 '14 at 21:15

Marco Daniel · Answer 1 · 2013-07-07T09:24:44.883

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Maybe the following helps.

You can try to regenerate the format files inside the command line window of Windows. Therefor type initexmf --dump or just the format for pdfLaTeX initexmf --dump=pdflatex.
You can use the frontend of MikTeX: Start => Programs => MiKTeX 2.9 => Maintenance => Settings and Update Formats:

edited Jul 07 '13 at 09:24

answered Jul 06 '13 at 21:58

Marco Daniel

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