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rebl &
davidfor - I found where the path to wordconv.exe is written, its in :
%calibre_config_directory%\conversion\doc_input.py and it contains
Code:
{
u'docx_no_cover' : False,
u'wordconv_exe_path' : u'C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Office/Office12/Wordconv.exe',
}
I was watching the plugins directory

Found it when I searched the config directory for the path string with Ransack. I'm a bit OCD re knowing where my data is kept.
Phew - all that for a measly 5 bytes - '(x86)'
BR