How to change path to all books?

Ripplinger · 05-06-2020, 12:08 PM

I set up a new PC, but thanks to small SSD drives still all documents are now on a 2nd HD. All books have been physically copied to the new location.

Is there a way to change which drive letter the books are on so Calibre will find them, by maybe editing a file or .db file if that's possible without mucking it up? And to copy all Calibre settings over? Dreaming of a plugin that could do it in a few clicks seems too much to hope for.

The Calibre program itself in the same path as before on the C drive with the same username. The books themselves however are now on D drive.

theducks · 05-06-2020, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ripplinger

I set up a new PC, but thanks to small SSD drives still all documents are now on a 2nd HD. All books have been physically copied to the new location.

Is there a way to change which drive letter the books are on so Calibre will find them, by maybe editing a file or .db file if that's possible without mucking it up? And to copy all Calibre settings over? Dreaming of a plugin that could do it in a few clicks seems too much to hope for.

The Calibre program itself in the same path as before on the C drive with the same username. The books themselves however are now on D drive.

Library icon: Create/Switch: Use existing: <point it to the new place>

Optional: delete the old Calibre Library entry (on same Icon). You can nor delete the reference to the active Library. (the folder remains. use the OS to get that gone AFTER using Calibre to forget it existed)

Ripplinger · 05-06-2020, 12:29 PM

Thank you! That was incredibly easy, yet I didn't think about that option at all. I also just copied all the files from C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\calibre from the old PC to the new PC and that seems to have put all my settings to how they were as well.

Thank you again.

dunhill · 05-06-2020, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ripplinger

Thank you! That was incredibly easy, yet I didn't think about that option at all. I also just copied all the files from C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\calibre from the old PC to the new PC and that seems to have put all my settings to how they were as well.

Thank you again.

And if you want the caliber configuration you can get it in preferences / Micelanea

05-06-2020, 12:08 PM	#1
Ripplinger 350 Hoarder Posts: 3,574 Karma: 8281267 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest USA Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Glo & Glo HD, PW2	How to change path to all books? I set up a new PC, but thanks to small SSD drives still all documents are now on a 2nd HD. All books have been physically copied to the new location. Is there a way to change which drive letter the books are on so Calibre will find them, by maybe editing a file or .db file if that's possible without mucking it up? And to copy all Calibre settings over? Dreaming of a plugin that could do it in a few clicks seems too much to hope for. The Calibre program itself in the same path as before on the C drive with the same username. The books themselves however are now on D drive.

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05-06-2020, 12:29 PM	#3
Ripplinger 350 Hoarder Posts: 3,574 Karma: 8281267 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest USA Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Glo & Glo HD, PW2	Thank you! That was incredibly easy, yet I didn't think about that option at all. I also just copied all the files from C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\calibre from the old PC to the new PC and that seems to have put all my settings to how they were as well. Thank you again.