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Originally Posted by macnab69
Unfortunately not the problem. Also highly unlikely the number of times I have uninstalled and re-installed the last 2 days. Three different versions as well.
Something strange as well, don't know if it is related. I use Revo Uninstall, and the 64-bit version does not show up in the list. The 32-bit version does.
Both versions show up for Windows uninstall.
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macnab69 - Revo will remove the configuration data in %appdata% - not sure at which level, but certainly at the most aggressive. If you lose that then calibre wont see you're libraries because that's where their location(s) is/are stored
If Revo is not seeing 64 bit apps, that suggests you're probably using the Free version of Revo... last time I looked, which was admittedly some time ago, Revo for Free didn't see any 64 bit software.
For calibre at least you don't need Revo. The only thing that's written to the registry for a calibre install is what the Trusted Installer writes there, which is what's needed by the control panel applet to do an uninstall. By design, a calibre uninstall does NOT include the removal of its configuration data.
IMO, Revo and others like it are rarely, if ever, needed for Win7, I have only ever used them 'on advice' from developers, and they never once solved a problem. XP was a different story, but for me that was almost 6 years ago.
If you are
not installing calibre in the 'regular' Windows install directories -- %ProgramFiles% for 64 bit and %ProgramFiles(x86)% for 32bit then:
I suggest you use the Portable version of calibre which you can install wherever you choose, it's completely self contained - i.e. software, configuration data and libraries all in the one outer directory.
Its 'install' process is essentially a self exploding zip with a bit of intelligence to handle updates - to uninstall you only need delete the directory in which it was installed - eg X:\Calibre Portable
If you don't want your libraries inside the Calibre Portable directory then you can put a symlink to them into that directory and point calibre at the symlink.
BR