07-03-2022, 05:51 PM | #1 |
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Updates for Windows 7 Users?
I see on the download page, a message stating that Windows 7 / Vista users should use an older version of Calibre.
Will newer versions of Calibre fail on those operating systems? |
07-03-2022, 06:06 PM | #2 |
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The issue is that of video drivers and the QT framework that calibre is built upon not working well together.
I believe some people have had success installing calibre portable but your milage might vary. Sent from my Pixel 4a using Tapatalk |
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07-15-2022, 05:54 AM | #3 |
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You can try the Calibre 6 portable version. But you will need to be running a 64-bit Windows as Qt6 is 64-bit only.
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07-16-2022, 10:45 AM | #4 |
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You had my hopes up, but the portable installer doesn't allow it. It throws an error message:
"Your version of Windows is tool old. calibre requires Windows 10 or greater." Is there a way around that? |
07-16-2022, 01:04 PM | #5 |
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Calibre 6 will not work on Windows 7 or Windows 8 because Qt6 does not support both operation systems. Also, Qt6 is 64-bit only.
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07-16-2022, 09:46 PM | #6 |
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07-17-2022, 05:19 AM | #7 |
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07-17-2022, 09:03 AM | #8 |
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Oops, I misread "portable installer" as "installer."
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