10-02-2012, 02:45 AM | #1 |
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Calibre won't launch
Hi,
For some reason, Calibre won't launch on my computer. Whenever I try, the books appear on the screen with the message 'Initialising user interface', and then it freezes. This has been happening for two days, and I have tried uninstalling Calibre and then installing it again. I'm really finding this quite frustrating! Has anyone had similar problems, and if so how did they resolve the issue? Many thanks. |
10-02-2012, 02:49 AM | #2 |
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Just leave it alone, it will startup after a while.
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10-02-2012, 03:13 AM | #3 |
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Thanks for your reply. I will keep trying as you suggest. But this has been happening for two days now, and each time my computer freezes I have to reboot it. I hope the problem resolves itself soon as I really like Calibre and want to keep using it.
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10-02-2012, 04:40 AM | #4 | |
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Like Kovid says, it will probably work OK if you leave it for a while. Calibre does lock your PC for a while when it starts, but that doesn't last very long; here (4GB RAM, 2.4 GHz Core i5) it's something like 15 seconds when loading a 52K books library. |
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10-02-2012, 11:02 AM | #5 |
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100% CPU is not the same as a Lockup. Just very busy. Let it run a few minutes (longer, if other programs are running like virus scans) the poor thing has a lot of work to do. Forced reboots CAN actually damage open files. Calibre may be updating the metadata in every book folder.
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