Windows 8, cannot find MiKTeX Options after I unpinned them from Start

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I am using MiKTeX 2.9 on Windows 8 and I need to install a package by hand. Looking at their documentation page I copy my input files to the correct directory and then need to register the new package in MiKTeX Options. The problem, I cannot find MiKTeX Options! When I first installed MiKTeX, MiKTeX Options and some other programs related to MiKTeX showed up on the start screen but I unpinned them and now I cannot seem to find them. Anyone has any ideas? DO I need to re-install MiKTeX maybe?

If windows 8 has as windows7 a search window then type "settings", this should find the miktex settings. Or go in the windows explorer to the miktex/bin folder and start mo.exe. — Ulrike Fischer, Jan 06 '14 at 12:59
Click on the Windows logo (left bottom) and type miktex and then you'll find the MikTeX menu. Use the one with (adm) to install packages. — Sigur, Jan 06 '14 at 12:59
@UlrikeFischer your suggestion to find and start mo.exe did the trick! How do I mark it as the correct answer? — Smajjk, Jan 06 '14 at 13:52
Welcome to TeX.sx. One cannot accept comments like this as an answer, but if @UlrikeFischer writes an answer then you can accept that. — Torbjørn T., Jan 06 '14 at 14:09
@Sigur It depends, cf. Difference between administrative and user mode of MiKTeX. — Speravir, Jan 06 '14 at 22:28
This link may help you https://miktex.org/howto/miktex-console Thanks — Imran Asif, Feb 18 '19 at 14:54

score 20 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 06 '14 at 14:22

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If windows 8 has as windows7 a search window then type "settings", this should find the miktex settings. Or go in the windows explorer to the miktex/bin folder and start mo.exe.

answered Jan 06 '14 at 14:22

Ulrike Fischer

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I love how THAT is windows answer. How pathetic. – nicolas Jun 06 '14 at 15:28

Windows 8, cannot find MiKTeX Options after I unpinned them from Start

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