Thread: Problem with Metadata Editor in 0.8
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Old 05-11-2011, 02:06 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by CRussel View Post
Ever since I installed 0.8, when I go to edit metadata on a book, the Author dropdown is all messed up. At a guess, it's in unicode, not regular ASCII. Impossible to use.

The current author is displayed correctly, and the database reports no corruption. I was running the 0.8 bits during the 0.7x stage.

Platform is Windows 7, 64-bit. Confirmed on two different machines. (Same database, centrally shared from my Windows Home Server. )
How did you miss all the other posts
There was a 'slipstream' fix,


Un-install and discard the old installation files.
Grab a FRESH copy and install that one.
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