Slight package bug about Babel/efrench

Question

I was writing in LaTeX, and when I'm trying to complie with MikTex, this prints:

("C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\generic\e-french\french.cfg" ! Undefined control sequence.

I believe it to be the source of the problem, since the file prints this:

% les options suivantes (conseillées) par défaut : \abbreviations \automaticlettrine % désactivez les options de frenchle pour '«' et \disallowuchyph \overfullhboxmark \tthyphenation \tabbingaccents '»' ! % test eFrench = {\befr} \newcommand{\fbefr}{{\footnotesize E}F{\footnotesize RENCH}} \DeclareRobustCommand{\befr}{\fbefr}

Moreover, Texmaker specifies there's an error with \abbreviations, etc...

I tried to update but nothing helps.

EDIT: Here's a screencap

Putting the log as well:

("C:\Program Files (x86)\MiKTeX 2.9\tex\generic\e-french\french.cfg" ! Undefined control sequence. l.2 \abbreviations The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., \hobx'), typeI' and the correct spelling (e.g., I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. ! Undefined control sequence. l.3 \disallowuchyph The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., \hobx'), type I' and the correct spelling (e.g.,I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. ! Undefined control sequence. l.4 \overfullhboxmark The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., \hobx'), typeI' and the correct spelling (e.g., I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. ! Undefined control sequence. l.5 \tthyphenation The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., \hobx'), type I' and the correct spelling (e.g.,I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. ! Undefined control sequence. l.6 \tabbingaccents The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., \hobx'), typeI' and the correct spelling (e.g., I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget about whatever was undefined. ! Undefined control sequence. l.7 \automaticlettrine The control sequence at the end of the top line of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have misspelled it (e.g., \hobx'), type I' and the correct spelling (e.g.,I\hbox'). Otherwise just continue, and I'll forget about whatever was undefined.

MWE 1:

\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{book} 
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} 
\usepackage{ucs} 
\usepackage[french]{babel} 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} 
\usepackage{amsmath} 
\usepackage{amsfonts} 
\usepackage{amssymb} 
\usepackage{graphicx} 
\usepackage{lmodern} 
\usepackage{kpfonts} 
\usepackage{fourier} 
\usepackage[left=2cm,right=2cm,top=2cm,bottom=2cm]{geometry} 
\author{John Doe} 
\title{My biography} 
\begin{document} 
  Bonjour, très chère ! 
\end{document}

MWE 2:

\documentclass[12pt]{book} 
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} 
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[a4paper,left=2cm,right=2cm,top=2cm,bottom=2cm]{geometry} \usepackage{lmodern} 
\usepackage{graphicx} 
\usepackage[french]{babel} 
\usepackage{fancyhdr} 
\usepackage[table,xcdraw]{xcolor} 
\usepackage{mathtools} 
\usepackage{amsmath} 
\usepackage[framed, numbered]{mcode} 
\usepackage{url} 
\usepackage{natbib} 
\usepackage{float} 
\usepackage{chemfig} 
\usepackage{chemist} 
\usepackage[version=3]{mhchem}

Answer 1

For me, the issue appeared when running "Update MiKTeX" in Admin mode and it disappeared, when I ran the "Update MiKTeX" again in User mode.