Thread: Recover Calibre config settings from XP?
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Old 05-22-2014, 03:14 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by wendy5 View Post
I installed Windows 7 over XP on the same partition. My data and programs were on another partition, and I assumed that's where Calibre settings were too. The new Users roaming doesn't have my old config data, maybe because I reinstalled Calibre on Win7 before I realized I needed the old settings. What a mess.
A Calibre install does not overwrite existing configs

Search your computer for hidden file: gui.json <I think that will be in every calibre installation
That might help find the original folder
Various settings create different files
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