Installing MikTeX in Windows | Politics Data Center

Installing MikTeX, WinEdt, and MiKTeX components

Get Ghostscript and GSView for proper functionality in WinEdt and MiKTex. They are necessary to view and print postscript files.

Download the installer (You only need one file, the highest-numbered one, e.g. winedt54.exe)
Double-click on the installer
Follow the on-screen instructions

If you have a previous version of MiKTeX installed on your computer, remove it via Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel. You may also want to remove everything in your current TEXMF root, e.g. C:\texmf\miktex.
Download an installer from the MiKTeX website, preferrably the "Basic" installer.
Double-click on the installer
Follow the on-screen instructions
The "Basic" installer gives you a basic MiKTeX system, then lets you download other packages as needed. You can install packages easily by using the MikTeX Update Wizard, which can be found on the Start Menu under Programs->MikTeX->MiKTeX Update Wizard.

The computer should presently have a folder C:\texmf
If not, then create folder C:\texmf
Create a subfolder in C:\texmf called tex
Create another subfolder in C:\texmf\tex called LaTeX
Finally, create a subfolder in C:\texmf\tex\LaTeX called texinput
Copy style files into folder C:\texmf\tex\LaTeX\texinput
Run Winedt
Press the command prompt icon on the top right corner of the toolbars
In DOS prompt, type: initexmf -u (This refreshes the filename database)
The DOS prompt window should close automatically after you type in the above command. If not then retype the command and make sure your directory structure is exactly like in step #5.
Your styles have been installed.

(files available in texinputs.zip ):

In order for MikTex/Winedit to recognize new .pro files they must be inserted into folder
C:\Program Files\MiKTeX\dvips\base.
.pro files in any other directory will not be read or detected