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BetterRed · 03-06-2014, 05:04 PM

@z.nina - here's what you you need to do to use that environment variable

Close calibre down.
Create a top level folder on your C: (system) drive called _CalDatabase
Copy the metadata.db file from your library folder into that folder
Rename the metadata.db file in your library folder to save_metadata.db
Now refer to the attached image, I'm hoping its self explanatory
Start calibre and do some Metadata Editing.

I have no expectation as whether this will change anything. If it does change for the better then the best people to comment would be chaley and/or Kovid, if it doesn't then we're probably back to that 2nd drive.

To undo the above - close calibre, remove the environment variable, remove the _CalDatabase folder, and rename the save_metadata.db file in your library folder back to metadata.db

BR

Tip : to get the path to the metadata.db file into the Variable value

shift right click the file,
select Copy as Path (to the clipboard),
now you can paste the clipboard, should be C:\_CalDatabase\metadata.db

NB: I always start any top level folders I create on my system drive with an underscore '_'.
I do this to ensure that they're separated from the folders that Windows etc create.

03-06-2014, 05:04 PM	#45
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,843 Karma: 30277270 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@z.nina - here's what you you need to do to use that environment variable Close calibre down. Create a top level folder on your C: (system) drive called _CalDatabase Copy the metadata.db file from your library folder into that folder Rename the metadata.db file in your library folder to save_metadata.db Now refer to the attached image, I'm hoping its self explanatory Start calibre and do some Metadata Editing. I have no expectation as whether this will change anything. If it does change for the better then the best people to comment would be chaley and/or Kovid, if it doesn't then we're probably back to that 2nd drive. To undo the above - close calibre, remove the environment variable, remove the _CalDatabase folder, and rename the save_metadata.db file in your library folder back to metadata.db BR Tip : to get the path to the metadata.db file into the Variable value shift right click the file, select Copy as Path (to the clipboard), now you can paste the clipboard, should be C:\_CalDatabase\metadata.db NB: I always start any top level folders I create on my system drive with an underscore '_'. I do this to ensure that they're separated from the folders that Windows etc create. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by BetterRed; 03-06-2014 at 06:39 PM.