Chapter 4. Maintenance
| Part I. User Guide |

## Chapter 4. Maintenance

## Refreshing the File Name Database

To speed up file search, MiKTeX makes use of a list of known file names. This list is called the file name database (FNDB).

It is necessary that you refresh the file name database whenever you manually install TeX/LaTeX-related files in a user-managed TEXMF directory.

You update the file name database with the help of MiKTeX Options.

Click Start → Programs → MiKTeX 2.9 → Maintenance → Settings to open the MiKTeX Options window (see Figure 4.1, “MiKTeX Options: General Settings”).

Figure 4.1. MiKTeX Options: General Settings

Click Refresh FNDB to refresh the file name database.

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