Thread: Calibre Portable crashed and wont restart or reinstall
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Old 04-08-2014, 06:36 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by PeterT View Post
Why would you install Calibre Portable (assuming this is Kovid's version) in "Program Files"?

Program Files tends to have extra ACLs in place to prevent programs (and users) storing data there. Calibre Portable is designed to run from a non Program Files location, and to be fully self contained within that (non) Program Files location.


@Vortex - I would try moving C:\Program Files\Program Files Portable to the root of C: so that you would then have

C:\Program Files\
C:\Program Files (86)\
C:\Program Files Portable\

Do you have Anti Virus software running, if so which one?

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