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nickredding · 07-17-2011, 05:08 PM

Thanks for the quick response. Using START does indeed solve the problem.

I don't want to seem like I'm nitpicking, but the Calibre command-line commands DO clobber something in the environment if they have to run in a separate window (i.e. environment) if called from a batch file. It's also interesting that this is not required under Windows 7.

I'm not suggesting anyone try to fix the code to run cleanly on XP--it's an obsolete O/S and the START work-around suffices.

07-17-2011, 05:08 PM	#3
nickredding onlinenewsreader.net Posts: 328 Karma: 10143 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Phoenix, AZ & Victoria, BC Device: Kindle 3, Kindle Fire, IPad3, iPhone4, Playbook, HTC Inspire	Thanks for the quick response. Using START does indeed solve the problem. I don't want to seem like I'm nitpicking, but the Calibre command-line commands DO clobber something in the environment if they have to run in a separate window (i.e. environment) if called from a batch file. It's also interesting that this is not required under Windows 7. I'm not suggesting anyone try to fix the code to run cleanly on XP--it's an obsolete O/S and the START work-around suffices.