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BeeTee-Ess · 07-29-2014, 12:17 AM

Thanks both for your suggestions. I appreciate the help.

I think that both, when looked at closely, are one and the same.

I did use the Remove Library function on the Calibre Library icon/button.

What happens is that, once the target library has been selected from the list, a dialogue box appears virtually immediately, with options to proceed or cancel. However, once the request to remove the library is confirmed, Calibre then spends just over a minute seemingly looking for the darn thing, with the hour glass spinning.

Because the libraries in question are on a server which is no longer connected, it never finds it, and eventually gives up trying, and goes ahead and removes it from Calibre anyway.

Removing a library which is accessible is virtually instantaneous. It is only in a case like mine, where it is not, that the long delay ensues. I had hoped that there might be an option to remove a library without the delay, but apparently not.

Pernaps, Kovid, you may wish to check whether that delay is actually serving a useful purpose.

In the scheme of things, I've probably spent more time typing this lengthy explanation, than it took me to remove my libraries at just over a minute each.

Thanks again.

07-29-2014, 12:17 AM	#4
BeeTee-Ess Addict Posts: 306 Karma: 679580 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Brisbane, Australia Device: K3, K4NT, KPW2, Voyage, iP4, iP6, iPad Mini, HP TouchPad, Kobo Mini	Thanks both for your suggestions. I appreciate the help. I think that both, when looked at closely, are one and the same. I did use the Remove Library function on the Calibre Library icon/button. What happens is that, once the target library has been selected from the list, a dialogue box appears virtually immediately, with options to proceed or cancel. However, once the request to remove the library is confirmed, Calibre then spends just over a minute seemingly looking for the darn thing, with the hour glass spinning. Because the libraries in question are on a server which is no longer connected, it never finds it, and eventually gives up trying, and goes ahead and removes it from Calibre anyway. Removing a library which is accessible is virtually instantaneous. It is only in a case like mine, where it is not, that the long delay ensues. I had hoped that there might be an option to remove a library without the delay, but apparently not. Pernaps, Kovid, you may wish to check whether that delay is actually serving a useful purpose. In the scheme of things, I've probably spent more time typing this lengthy explanation, than it took me to remove my libraries at just over a minute each. Thanks again.