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cybmole · 02-09-2011, 03:17 AM

setup:
I have a UK purchased K3, wich has the UK & USA dictionaries working fine
I have a kindle for PC app set up last year on my main pc - that has the USA dictionary , but no UK dictionary
I no longer see any dictionary on manage my kindle - orders list - the USA one got accidentally deleted from there a while ago

problem:
I add kindle for PC to a new PC & find that dictionary is missing. K for PC says it cannot download it from my archives & to contact amazon. amazon say the only trick that may restore everything is dereg my k3, set it to factory default ( i.e. lose all my books) , re-reg it, then hope that amazon rebuilds its archives OK.

solutions tried.
I do not fancy the amazon solution esp as I upgraded 3.0 to 3.1 firmware ages ago and do not want that to revert...

so I think, I'll just copy kindle content from working pc install to new pc. but NO,

no matter what copy method I try - e.g. if I identify the dictionary only, & copy its (3) files ( .azw,. phl,. mbp ) or if I copy+paste the entire Kindle for PC folder, I still cannot get working dictionary onto new PC.
on the new PC the dictionary still does not appear as a book, & directly clicking the dictionary .acw file via windows explorer tells me that file cannot be opened - go re-download it. ( yet the same direct click of azw file method works on the older PC! )

so. is there an alternative solution that I ma missing, & is there any way to also get the UK oxford dictionary built into my UK Kindle to appear in my Kindle for PC apps ?

PS the older (working ) K4PC was installed as 1.1 then upgraded to 1.4 later, the newer problematic install was of 1.4, and was after I'd messed up my amazon archive. I read elsewhere that dictionary look up was added to v1.4 but with no choice of language dictionary ?

02-09-2011, 03:17 AM	#1
cybmole Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 1759970 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	kindle for PC - lost dictionaries setup: I have a UK purchased K3, wich has the UK & USA dictionaries working fine I have a kindle for PC app set up last year on my main pc - that has the USA dictionary , but no UK dictionary I no longer see any dictionary on manage my kindle - orders list - the USA one got accidentally deleted from there a while ago problem: I add kindle for PC to a new PC & find that dictionary is missing. K for PC says it cannot download it from my archives & to contact amazon. amazon say the only trick that may restore everything is dereg my k3, set it to factory default ( i.e. lose all my books) , re-reg it, then hope that amazon rebuilds its archives OK. solutions tried. I do not fancy the amazon solution esp as I upgraded 3.0 to 3.1 firmware ages ago and do not want that to revert... so I think, I'll just copy kindle content from working pc install to new pc. but NO, no matter what copy method I try - e.g. if I identify the dictionary only, & copy its (3) files ( .azw,. phl,. mbp ) or if I copy+paste the entire Kindle for PC folder, I still cannot get working dictionary onto new PC. on the new PC the dictionary still does not appear as a book, & directly clicking the dictionary .acw file via windows explorer tells me that file cannot be opened - go re-download it. ( yet the same direct click of azw file method works on the older PC! ) so. is there an alternative solution that I ma missing, & is there any way to also get the UK oxford dictionary built into my UK Kindle to appear in my Kindle for PC apps ? PS the older (working ) K4PC was installed as 1.1 then upgraded to 1.4 later, the newer problematic install was of 1.4, and was after I'd messed up my amazon archive. I read elsewhere that dictionary look up was added to v1.4 but with no choice of language dictionary ? Last edited by cybmole; 02-09-2011 at 03:42 AM.