could not start the command pdflatex - synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex error

latex, pdflatex, texmaker

Solution

I found this question on another forum and it says that you should install MiKTex for windows too. Worked like a charm !

Problem

I'm very new to LaTeX and its distributions so this might be a very newbie question. I was following this tutorial and I'm not being able to compile the document. The code so far is very simple i don't think there are any typos and also I did not find a similar question in the forum. can someone point me in the right direction ? I'm using windows XP and I've installed TexMaker 4.4.1 found here The code I have so far is simply: \documentclass[11pt]{article} \begin{document} This is my first LaTeX document. \end{document} the error I'm getting is: Could not start the command. pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex Cheers !

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