When I update MiKTeX it completely breaks

[afatehpuria]

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I installed MiKteX on my windows 7.
When I updated it using the console the entire thing broke

This is my installation summary

Install basic packages to
C:\Users\aman\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX 2.9

Install MiKTeX only for the current user

Preferred paper size is Letter

Packages will be installed after confirmation by user

I Updated all the packages (173 updates) to this directory

C:\Users\aman\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX 2.9

this is the error report

MiKTeX: 2.9
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate, 64-bit, Service Pack 1, build 7601
SharedSetup: no
PathOkay: yes
SystemAdmin: yes
RootPrivileges: yes
Root0: C:\Users\aman\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9
Root1: C:\Users\aman\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.9
Root2: C:\Users\aman\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX 2.9
Root3: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9
Root4: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9
UserInstall: C:\Users\aman\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX 2.9
UserConfig: C:\Users\aman\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9
UserData: C:\Users\aman\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.9
CommonInstall: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9
CommonConfig: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9
CommonData: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9
Invokers: explorer

Windows API error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.

commandLine="mpm --register-components --verbose", fileName="C:\Users\aman\AppData\Local\Programs\MiKTeX 2.9\miktex/bin/x64\mpm.exe"

p.s. I normally use overleaf for all my LaTeX docs but wanted to try to run it on my local computer.

[afatehpuria]

it worked when I installed it for all users. still doesnt work for single user

[edocevoli]

You should not run MiKTeX with elevated privileges. This bug has been fixed (see #53).

[edocevoli]

Duplicate of #53