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I have been facing this intermittent problem with TeXnicCenter [TC] forward search.

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I have gone through many posts in TeX.SX and I have followed what is to be done. It works at times and at times NOT. I am not able to figure out the root cause of the problem.

My configuration for build in [TXC] is as follows:

  • Exec path

    C:\Program Files (x86)\SumatraPDF\SumatraPDF.exe -inverse-search "\"C:\Program Files\TeXnicCenter\TeXnicCenter.exe\" /ddecmd \"[goto('%f','%l')]'\""

  • View project output

    DDE Command[sumatra, control] - [Open("%bm.pdf",0,1,1)]

  • Fwd search

    DDE command[sumatra, control] - [ForwardSearch("%bm.pdf","%Wc",%l,0,0,1)]

  • close document before running LaTeX

    Do not close.

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Rene Duchamp
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  • At content: There is one ' too much, and I would add double quotes, because you have spaces in the path. So try out: "C:\Program Files (x86)\SumatraPDF\SumatraPDF.exe" -inverse-search "\"C:\Program Files\TeXnicCenter\TeXnicCenter.exe\" /ddecmd \"[goto('%f','%l')]\"". Also a suggestion: Add the option -reuse-instance, then the open window is reused. – Speravir May 05 '13 at 00:08
  • It works fine the first run , but the second run onward it starts giving me the same error. I have never faced this before. Not sure why its random. The new exec path is : "C:\Program Files (x86)\SumatraPDF\SumatraPDF.exe" -reuse-instance -inverse-search "\"C:\Program Files\TeXnicCenter\TeXnicCenter.exe\" /ddecmd \"[goto('%f','%l')]\"" – Rene Duchamp May 05 '13 at 04:55
  • Then I cannot help anymore. This sounds to me like a strange user right issue, though: Opening allowed, but not updating the windows content. – Speravir May 05 '13 at 18:16
  • Now its even worse. When I compile (CTRL+F5) or (CTRL+SHIFT+F5) the TeXnicCenter compiles -> Opens Sumatra -> Gets stuck ... It doesnt even show the final PDF output on sumatra. Its like its compiling for ever. – Rene Duchamp May 05 '13 at 18:53
  • Then your error or mistake must be somewhere else and is a local issue, because everything works fine here. You could try to create a minimal working example (MWE) that illustrates your problem, and post this in a new question. It will be much easier for others to reproduce your situation and find out what the issue is when they see compilable code, starting with \documentclass{...} and ending with \end{document}. – Speravir May 05 '13 at 19:51
  • http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/112703/texniccenter-crashes-on-build-and-view-output – Rene Duchamp May 06 '13 at 01:06
  • I have one last idea: Download the ZIP version of SumatraPDF (containing only the executable) and_put this in a folder outside of C:\Program Files, let’s say for testing in C:\SumatraPDF or in C:\LaTeX\SumatraPDF. Then change the according path in TXC and try again. – Speravir May 06 '13 at 01:43
  • @Speravir: No that dint work either. I really appreciate all the help you guys are providing me. The truth is it happened all of sudden. I worked the same file on my other laptop and it works just fine. So there is a real problem with my system. – Rene Duchamp May 06 '13 at 02:22
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    I have the same issue. It is very intermittent, happens about once in 100 compiles. – encore Jul 10 '18 at 10:39

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