I have the same problem as stated in this post. After updating MikTeX I am unable to compile LaTex files that contain \includegraphics{}. The temporary fix from Joseph Wright solved the problem. My MiKTeX-distribution is up-tp-date.
A comment from COOLSerdash suggested to update the formats from MiKTeX
Settings -> Formats -> Build format
both in user and admin mode. But I get an error:
fileName="C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex/bin/x64\initexmf.exe", exitCode="1", savedOutput="C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9\miktex\log\initexmf_2019-10-09-073658.out"
What else can I do to solve the problem?
Solution
My problem was, that I selected all formats and rebuild all of them. After I just selected pdflatex and rebuild the format this fixed the problem. I run the update in User and Admin mode.
Now I get the correct entry: LaTeX2e <2019-10-01>.
