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Thank you, kovidoyal,
Then my assumptions and reasoning are incorrect? In that case I am completely at a loss as to what is happening. I know that when I use WE to look at the directory, or to copy / paste the library elsewhere, a fairly large number of files do not show themselves, and are missing from the copy that I have made. I can think of no other reason that could cause this problem.
The attachment shows the original library (on the left) and a copy with a much shorter pathname, made by using the Welcome Wizard, from the source on the left. You;ll notice that although similar, they are not the same. WE shows just 320 items at the bottom of the left hand one, while the right hand one (the copy of the left hand library) shows 421 items, and if you look at the bottom of the left hand image, Barack Obama is followed by Beam H Piper, and then Ben Bova, while the right hand image shows Obama followed by Barbara West, Barrie Sosinsky, Belle de Jour and then Ben Bova.
Which brings me to the second issue. I currently have no books in Calibre by Beam H Piper, but I didn't use the Remove Books command to delete his books - I used the Windows Delete key. To me, it looks as though the Delete key will only delete the entry from Calibre, while the Remove Books command will remove them from file, as well. Hence lost authors and lost books.
The copy using Calibre's wizard, by the way, appears to have copied all books that are showing in Calibre, (and left behind those that weren't in Calibre) even if they don't show up in WE, while WE copy / paste copies everything that's there, minus the "hidden" books.
Suggestions please?
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