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LaTeX workshop on vscode keeps showing this error:

Sorry, but latexmk did not succeed for the following reason:

MiKTeX could not find the script engine 'perl.exe' which is required to execute 'latexmk'.

Remedy:

Make sure 'perl.exe' is installed on your system.

But i have installed perl.exe to my windows computer via strawberryperl. How can I make MiKTeX find perl.exe? Similar question asked before but in that case he/she didn't installed perl.exe, but i did and it gives me error.please help me to fix this error.

Here is Perl.exe

spitfire
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    Usually these kinds of issues can be resolved by making sure that the directory of perl.exe is included in the PATH variable of your Windows user account.If you used the portable version of strawberry perl I suspect that this is the root cause (the installer would probably extend PATH for you). – 0x6d64 Jun 24 '20 at 11:27
  • Thanks it worked! – spitfire Jun 24 '20 at 11:30
  • AFAIK you are allowed to anwer your own questions.... so you could write up an answer yourself below. Feel free from my side! – 0x6d64 Jun 24 '20 at 12:37

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I've solved the issue with @0x6d64's help. Just need to add directory of perl.exe to PATH variable. Go to PATH variable select New and type(if you installed strawberry with defaul settings otherwise type where's your perl folder)

C:\Strawberry\perl

and issue is fixed

spitfire
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Just to weigh in for those a bit computer-iliterate like me. the PATH variable is in the control panel > system settings > advanced system settings > evironmental setting. Also one will need to do a restart of the computer to make it work.

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