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swampwiz · 06-17-2013, 05:02 AM

I am running Calibre in Window 7, Home Edition.

Here is my situation. When I double click on an EPUB file, I do not want the Calibre library application to open up, which shows me the list of books; I want the E-book Viewer application to open up the EPUB file. I want the file opening to be as easy as opening up a PDF file in Foxit, or even Adobe!

I could not figure out how to change the settings to accomplish this. I used a tool called Default Programs Editor to change the default application that runs for a double click on a file. However, opening up the file this way results in the error "Input file must have an extension". Evidently this same error happens when trying to open up the EPUB file via the Recent Documents menu item in Windows.

If this is something that is absolutely impossible to do, I would like advice on an free EPUB viewer that is as nice as Calibre. It seems that a few other viewers that I have downloaded that allow for this simple way to open up a file all look bad.

Thank you in advance.

06-17-2013, 05:02 AM	#1
swampwiz Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2013 Device: Windows 7	Having difficulty opening EPUB file with E-book Viewer directly I am running Calibre in Window 7, Home Edition. Here is my situation. When I double click on an EPUB file, I do not want the Calibre library application to open up, which shows me the list of books; I want the E-book Viewer application to open up the EPUB file. I want the file opening to be as easy as opening up a PDF file in Foxit, or even Adobe! I could not figure out how to change the settings to accomplish this. I used a tool called Default Programs Editor to change the default application that runs for a double click on a file. However, opening up the file this way results in the error "Input file must have an extension". Evidently this same error happens when trying to open up the EPUB file via the Recent Documents menu item in Windows. If this is something that is absolutely impossible to do, I would like advice on an free EPUB viewer that is as nice as Calibre. It seems that a few other viewers that I have downloaded that allow for this simple way to open up a file all look bad. Thank you in advance.