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Originally Posted by theducks
It is only 2 additional deletes (single library), that can't happen accidentally...Even during an upgrade.
Delete the hidden folder ,delete the Library after uninstalling. 99.9% will be gone (some of the building blocks used, also leave breadcrumbs in the registry. But then, other programs may use the same blocks also)
My XP system probably has 1,000's of orphans (especially in the registry) that I can't identify simply.
Then there is the Adobe Reader, updates that add-leave dozens of unnecessary or obsolete entries. Or Sun Java , that leave all the old versions (I recently read a note on the web page, it is suggested that you uninstall them).
The real question is when is a program an UPGRADE (where the old version [and folder] is to be replaced) or an update (patch) in the same folder. Calibre does the latter (except as noted on the download page)
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...which was why I downloaded a program for my XP machine to check for and list "ophans" so they could be deleted.
One of the worst was a well known free Anti Virus prog which I had to get a special "remover" for and even then there were dozens of files & folders left !
I don't much like the idea of just deleting the "Calibre" folder in "Roaming" on my Win 7 PC in case it has some sort of knockon effect and stops it working so I'll just remove the "Calibre Library" and see if that helps to give a clean reinstall of calibre.
I might try deleting both on my XP PC as it doesn't matter so much with that as it needs a complete reformat anyway.
Failing that I have to use ADE to load my Kobo with books until Kobo have fixed their firmware and calibre works ok with it again...