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Old 03-04-2009, 04:54 PM   #1
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Calibre not opening

When I try to open Calibre, it says that it is already running and won't open. I then try to uninstall so that I can reinstall later but this comes out:
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error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/imageformats/qgif4.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/imageformats/qico4.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/imageformats/qjpeg4.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/imageformats/qmng4.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/imageformats/qsvg4.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/imageformats/qtiff4.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/codecs/qcncodecs4.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/codecs/qjpcodecs4.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/codecs/qkrcodecs4.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/codecs/qtwcodecs4.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/plugins/lzx.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/plugins/msdes.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/plugins/pictureflow.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/plugins/winutil.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/iconengines/qsvgicon4.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/PyQt4.QtNetwork.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/sqlite3.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/_sqlite3.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/CORE_RL_ttf_.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/CORE_RL_magick_.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/CORE_RL_bzlib_.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/QtNetwork4.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/pywintypes26.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/unicodedata.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/win32api.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/libfontconfig-1.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/sip.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/PyQt4.QtCore.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/CORE_RL_lcms_.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/win32security.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/pythoncom26.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/QtWebKit4.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/freetype6.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/CORE_RL_tiff_.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/pyexpat.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/select.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/CORE_RL_wand_.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/QtGui4.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/_hashlib.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/libexpat.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/lxml.etree.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/PIL._imaging.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/PyQt4.QtSvg.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/_ssl.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/CORE_RL_jpeg_.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/win32file.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/win32process.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/CORE_RL_xlib_.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/QtCore4.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/_ctypes.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/python26.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/QtSvg4.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/win32event.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/PyQt4.QtGui.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/calibre-parallel.exe": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/PyQt4.QtWebKit.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/CORE_RL_zlib_.dll": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/calibre.exe": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/_socket.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/PyQt4.Qt.pyd": permission denied
error deleting "C:/Program Files/calibre/plugins\lzx.pyd": permission denied

What should I do?
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Old 03-04-2009, 04:55 PM   #2
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reboot uninstall and re-install
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Old 03-04-2009, 05:51 PM   #3
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Fixed. Thanks!

Also, I wanted to ask whether I can set Calibre to not save a copy of my original ebook as well as the converted version after conversion? this is a bit of a waste of space for me. I just want the converted file saved in the folder that I created for Calibre.

And I can no longer right click and choose ebooks to be sent to Calibre with "Open With" function like the older version. Is there anything I can do for that?

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Old 03-04-2009, 06:15 PM   #4
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calibre doesn't touch your original ebooks, If you dont want them, just delete them. What happens when you try the open with calibre action?
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Old 03-04-2009, 07:05 PM   #5
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so there's no automated way of saving just the lrf file without me having to do it each time? Because everytime I add a book in Calibre, a copy is saved in the dedicated folder.

When I click "open with" calibre, it refuses to open and states that Calibre is already running. i used to add books this way into calibre with the previous version and it's really a very convenient feature to have.

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Old 03-04-2009, 07:08 PM   #6
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When you "close'" Calibre, it remains running and should show up in the system tray.

I also keep non-lrf versions of my books. LRF is a dead-end for ebooks. I can't say I'll always have a Sony Reader, nor could I say that Sony will always support their LRF format. Mobi, Lit, ePub all have the advantage of being converted to other formats.
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Old 03-04-2009, 07:25 PM   #7
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You can remove files of a certain format easily in calibre using the bulk metadata editing dialog.

As for the Open with as far as I know it should still work, but open a ticket and I'll take a look at it when I get some time
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so there's no automated way of saving just the lrf file without me having to do it each time? Because everytime I add a book in Calibre, a copy is saved in the dedicated folder.
Why bother? Ebook files are so small it's not really and issue to keep both formats.

You could probably create a post conversion add-in to remove the other format I guess.

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