MiKTeX and proTeXt ⇒ Build and View PDF

[ml_andrews]

I am having trouble building and viewing PDFs. I have read numerous blogs and I can't find a solution.

I get the following error:

Couldn't find input index file C:\ etc nor C:\etc.idx.

I have checked the paths in build>define output profiles and reinstalled miktex. Any other suggestions?

Thanks.

[kaiserkarl13]

Does LaTeX run at all? That is, if you run latex myfile instead of pdflatex myfile, do you get a DVI? If so, you can convert that with dvipdfm or dvips + ps2pdf.

Without a better description of the input that's causing the output you're getting, that's the best I can do.