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kili0fi · 11-20-2010, 04:14 PM

Hi, i'm getting similar error.
ERROR: Bad database location: Bad database location 'C:\\Users\\User\\Calibre Library'. Will start with a new, empty calibre library

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\main.py", line 205, in initialize_db
File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 129, in __init__
File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 99, in connect
WindowsError: [Error 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: 'C:\\Users\\User\\Calibre Library\\metadata.db'
The version is 0.7.29. Windows is 7.
Occurs after reboot, reinstall, after removing calibre directory in appdata\Roaming and with --with-library
I watched with sysinternals procmon, what calibre does. It actually can create the file metadata.db, write and close. But when doing something after first use in the process, it fails. The real windows error is "sharing violation". It seems to occur when the program does CreateFile with options read_attributes+delete. Earlier it does successfully CreateFile with only read_atributes. Note that the code may call something else, like open, but eventually they turn to CreateFile calls.

11-20-2010, 04:14 PM	#6
kili0fi Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle PC	Hi, i'm getting similar error. ERROR: Bad database location: Bad database location 'C:\\Users\\User\\Calibre Library'. Will start with a new, empty calibre library Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\main.py", line 205, in initialize_db File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 129, in __init__ File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 99, in connect WindowsError: [Error 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: 'C:\\Users\\User\\Calibre Library\\metadata.db' The version is 0.7.29. Windows is 7. Occurs after reboot, reinstall, after removing calibre directory in appdata\Roaming and with --with-library I watched with sysinternals procmon, what calibre does. It actually can create the file metadata.db, write and close. But when doing something after first use in the process, it fails. The real windows error is "sharing violation". It seems to occur when the program does CreateFile with options read_attributes+delete. Earlier it does successfully CreateFile with only read_atributes. Note that the code may call something else, like open, but eventually they turn to CreateFile calls.