[NTG-context] Re: weird issue with latest win64 binaries

On 10 Jul 2025, at 15:25, Pablo Rodriguez via ntg-context wrote:

It seems to work fine, except for `mtxrun.exe` (which isn’t downloaded to `bin/` or to `tex/texmf-win64/bin`).

mtxrun.exe comes from the .zip file you download from the installers page on the Contextgarden website. As a test, I installed a fresh Windows Context onto a Windows 11 VM that's never had Context on it before. I followed the instructions on the wiki here. I didn't have to do anything more than what is listed. https://wiki.contextgarden.net/Introduction/Installation#Windows It all installed smoothly and context --version gives 2025.07.08 17:48 In case your AV software is erroneously flagging it as "bad" I uploaded the mtxrun.exe file to https://www.virustotal.com/gui/home/upload and it reported it as clean. It's still possible that the slightly older version you have is being inadvertently flagged as malware by your AV: there should be an option to manually choose a file to scan. If that doesn't show anything unusual then try the icacls command. I got the following output: c:\context\bin>icacls mtxrun.exe mtxrun.exe BUILTIN\Administrators:(I)(F) NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(I)(F) BUILTIN\Users:(I)(RX) NT AUTHORITY\Authenticated Users:(I)(M) Successfully processed 1 files; Failed processing 0 files c:\context\bin> It's the (RX) line that matters - there should be at least one line with RX for an Active Directory group that you are a member of. Try the above first and we can troubleshoot a bit more if the cause still isn't clear. — Bruce Horrocks Hampshire, UK