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Old 12-27-2011, 02:48 PM   #29
mconh
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Originally Posted by itimpi View Post
In theory, you can simply restore the preferences folder saved on one machine to the appropriate location on the new machine. How well this would work, however if you are also switching Operating Systems I have no idea.
I just copied my WIN7 Calibre Library folder and Preferences folder to my Vista laptop and it worked. All books settings and book meta data were copied. Calibre asked for the location of the new library and presto! Very good info from the thread. Thank you.
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