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I have uninstalled and reinstalled MikTeX along with all updates. I have loaded all packages because I have still gotten the same error after trying to load .tex file someone more experienced with LaTeX gave me.

I am using: MikTeX and TeXworks Windows 11. pdfLaTeX+MakeIndex+BibTeX

After compiling the .tex file designed to load "needed packages", which is supposed to create a blank document at the end, I get this error:

auto-pst-pdf.sty
138
Package auto-pst-pdf Error: 
    "shell escape" (or "write18") is not enabled:
    auto-pst-pdf will not work!
.

See the auto-pst-pdf package documentation for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...


l.138         Or turn off auto-pst-pdf.}
                                        %

Following is what shows up in the compiler:

Package ifplatform Warning: 
    shell escape is disabled, so I can only detect \ifwindows.

)


! Package auto-pst-pdf Error: 
    "shell escape" (or "write18") is not enabled:
    auto-pst-pdf will not work!
.


See the auto-pst-pdf package documentation for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...


l.138         Or turn off auto-pst-pdf.}

I have researched this thoroughly on stackexchange and other resources. I have spent about 16 hours on this in total.

I have attempted to manually turn on write18 and shell escape using the preferences for pdfLaTeX. i have ensured that I used the correct syntax. I have run a tex file to see if it is enabled. It is not. I have also tried to update a PDF file per other instructions I was provided. I have referenced the recommended documents to no avail.

Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Vincent
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Jonathan Thomas
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  • auto-pst-pdf is rather complicated, not always compatible with a current latex and one can't debug it without a small, complete example that demonstrate the problem. Are you sure that you need auto-pst-pdf? – Ulrike Fischer Feb 04 '23 at 22:53
  • Thank you so much for your quick response. This is a technical manual we created. It was fully compiled using the code I have. The resource I had doing this left the company. i had to make some edits to the reference files and am trying to recompile it. I do not know if I need auto-pst-pdf. I am trying to disrupt the code as minimally as possible. – Jonathan Thomas Feb 04 '23 at 23:11
  • well at first check that you know how to enable shell-escape. Compile this and tell which number it prints \documentclass{article} \begin{document} \the\pdfshellescape \end{document} – Ulrike Fischer Feb 04 '23 at 23:17
  • Thank you. The result is 2. – Jonathan Thomas Feb 04 '23 at 23:34
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    that's wrong, you need 1. Compile on a command line with pdflatex --shell-escape test (where test.tex is the document). – Ulrike Fischer Feb 04 '23 at 23:37
  • Thank you. Where do I need to store the document? I have it on my desktop. It cannot find the document. – Jonathan Thomas Feb 05 '23 at 00:11
  • @JonathanThomas see https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/598818/how-can-i-enable-shell-escape, maybe your editor is listed there so you don't need to use the command line (even though it would be a good idea to learn how to use that anyway for many other purposes). – Marijn Feb 05 '23 at 17:27

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