Compilation problem with miktex 2.9 on windows 8.1

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I install MikTeX 2.9 on my Windows 8.1 but compilation always fails. Which version of MikTeX is compatible with Windows 8.1?

when i launch a document compilation, i always have the error message below

Welcome, you say the compilation fails, do you mean the document preparation or installation of MikTeX? If the first, you just have faulty code. — Johannes_B, Oct 19 '15 at 10:23
There is in general no issue with Win8.1 and MiKTeX 2.9: we will need to see some specific details to help. — Joseph Wright, Oct 19 '15 at 10:35
Looks like the pdflatex executable is not found. You need to configure your LaTeX editor and tell it where MikTeX is installed, or add MikTeX to the PATH variable. However, I have no idea which editor it is (TeXMaker? TeXStudio?), so I can't really help you with that. — Fritz, Oct 20 '15 at 12:06
@coliasso: You should use the comment function to answer to commends. The answer button is just for answering your question. — Fritz, Oct 20 '15 at 13:04
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It looks like the pdflatex executable is not found. You need to configure your LaTeX editor and tell it where MikTeX is installed, or add MikTeX to the PATH variable.

Here's a toturial on how to add MikTeX to your PATH variable. It should also work for the non-portable version of MikTeX.

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answered Oct 20 '15 at 13:08

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I have read and the tutorial indicated above, – coliasso Oct 21 '15 at 18:12
I have read and the tutorial indicated above, at the step where I would had to paste a path at the PATH location, it wasn't possible (pasting there wasn't allowed); thus, my problem persists. – coliasso Oct 21 '15 at 18:18
@coliasso: What do you mean by "pasting there was not allowed"? Can you not write anything there? Or is it just pasting that doesn't work? – Fritz Oct 22 '15 at 11:25
I can't paste, nor write there – coliasso Oct 22 '15 at 17:35
@coliasso Then that seems to be a problem with your setup (assuming you clicked the right things). I can't really say what the problem might be. However, if you are the administrator of your PC, you could also use the "Edit the system environment variables" dialog and add MikTeX to the System-wide PATH variable, instead of the one for your own user account. – Fritz Oct 22 '15 at 22:08

Compilation problem with miktex 2.9 on windows 8.1

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