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eschwartz · 08-10-2014, 02:53 AM

What do you mean, "run from Dropbox"? calibre is not a cloud app.

If you mean, storing the calibre portable folder in your Dropbox sync folder, I don't know why it won't work*, but it is a very bad idea to do so -- it is a good thing it didn't work.

* Maybe Dropbox was locking up the tempfiles calibre tried to create or something?

08-10-2014, 02:53 AM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	What do you mean, "run from Dropbox"? calibre is not a cloud app. If you mean, storing the calibre portable folder in your Dropbox sync folder, I don't know why it won't work, but it is a very bad idea to do so -- it is a good thing it didn't work. Maybe Dropbox was locking up the tempfiles calibre tried to create or something? Last edited by eschwartz; 08-10-2014 at 02:55 AM.