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chrubble · 01-07-2014, 08:09 AM

I have recently reinstalled Windows Vista on my friend's laptop. After initial install I reinstalled Calibre and was able to load books to the Library OK. Then I realised I hadn't updated the Service Packs etc on Vista so I did that (usual 2 days of restarting). When the OS was up to date with Service Pack 2 and I attempted to use Calibre but the Library was corrupt. I uninstalled Calibre (including the roaming cache data) and reinstalled, but the application will still not add books to the Library, either individually or in bulk. It starts the process (for example in a bulk load it runs through all the directories), but then it hangs on on the "Adding" pop-up and the progress bar never moves beyond 0%.

The only other applications on the machine at the moment are Chrome browser, Open Office and the following security: AVG Free, Comodo Firewall, SuperAntiSpyware, Ad-Aware, and CCleaner.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

UPDATE--------------

Out of interest I tried to open the the Calibre Configuration Directory in Miscellaneous Preferences and received the following error message, which I suspect is linked to the issue adding titles to the library:

Thanks

01-07-2014, 08:09 AM	#1
chrubble Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2014 Device: Kobo	Calibre will not add books to Library (Windows Vista SP2) I have recently reinstalled Windows Vista on my friend's laptop. After initial install I reinstalled Calibre and was able to load books to the Library OK. Then I realised I hadn't updated the Service Packs etc on Vista so I did that (usual 2 days of restarting). When the OS was up to date with Service Pack 2 and I attempted to use Calibre but the Library was corrupt. I uninstalled Calibre (including the roaming cache data) and reinstalled, but the application will still not add books to the Library, either individually or in bulk. It starts the process (for example in a bulk load it runs through all the directories), but then it hangs on on the "Adding" pop-up and the progress bar never moves beyond 0%. The only other applications on the machine at the moment are Chrome browser, Open Office and the following security: AVG Free, Comodo Firewall, SuperAntiSpyware, Ad-Aware, and CCleaner. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks UPDATE-------------- Out of interest I tried to open the the Calibre Configuration Directory in Miscellaneous Preferences and received the following error message, which I suspect is linked to the issue adding titles to the library: Thanks Last edited by chrubble; 01-07-2014 at 08:50 AM. Reason: Update