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Originally Posted by travger
Just getting books is easy - copy your library folder to your preferred location, then open calibre and point it to it (switch/create library > use existing library in new location).
Getting all your settings and custom columns over is a bit more difficult. Some (maybe even all) are in configuration directory (preferences > miscellaneous), but there may be some under Programs/Calibre too (don't know, never had Vista) or somewhere else. Won't hurt to make global search for anything Calibre and compare folders in both computers.
I changed my HDD some few years ago and got all tweaks and settings and columns into new Calibre setup ok (like, .json files are plugins IIRC).
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Vista and up do not normally let user settings in Programs...
The configuration folder is
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After the copy, Don't Panic if you don't immediately see books when you first start:
a user may need to use create/switch to point to the new location of the copied Library.