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jamesgl · 12-31-2014, 12:25 AM

Good morning again BR it's a little after midnight, and what you read below has taken a couple of hours to accomplish.

I do not have a way of posting the screenshots online so you can view them in this forum.
However… My email address is:
incoming [at] POBoX.com

If you send me an email, I will reply with the text below plus the screenshots from my computer. I composed the entire thing as an RTF file, which would email nicely, but will not allow me to post the screenshots embedded in the RTF file, in here. Everything else is indicated in text.

For item number two, I opened the 32-bit version of Calibre, and dropped the text file into the area you indicated. The files were appended to the book and when I clicked on text, my text editor opened and I was able to read the file. When I tried the exact same thing in the 64-bit version, the program locked up and I got the great out window that you described as being normal when the program stops working.

For item number three, it does not have a mode which allegedly replaces Windows Explorer. You can always use Windows Explorer and total commander simultaneously.
In fact you can drag-and-drop files between Windows Explorer and total commander.

Total commander operates as a standalone program that gives you infinitely more flexibility, the least of which is having to Windows as being part of it.
Anyway… When I use Windows Explorer in order to drop the text file into the 64-bit program, it locks up. The 32-bit version seems to work flawlessly.

This is a screenshot from item number four - on my computer using the standard Windows environmental editor which admittedly is a bit weak.
But I think you can see the necessary information.

Also, I do get directories created in that CALIBRE_TEMP directory when the 64-bit and/or the 32-bit version start. I have not looked at them in detail.
I checked the couple of times after the directory and variable were created. There's always stuff in there. Provided that you have run either versions of Calibre.
And by the way this stuff does not disappear when you close the programs. Let me amend that.
The directories don't disappear but I'm not certain there is always material left in the directories, when the programs are closed.

Okay… Next is item number five. The short answer is yes I can create folders, and books. I'm going to post a screenshot from total commander

The window on the left shows the sorted author directories [sorted by name] and the bottom one you will note is zzz Author make-believe folder.
The right window shows you the actual text file that I created which is called Make-Believe Book.txt
and finally… The insert window is the Lister which shows the contents - only one sentence fragment that actually is the entire text file.

As far as the configuration data suggestion goes, we did this. You suggested that I zip up the entire configuration data directory which was located in user/my name/AppData/roaming/documents/Calibre etc. I did zip up that file and copied the zip file to a separate hard drive. I deleted the directory in its entirety. Then I reinstalled Calibre 32-bit version, went through the wizard, and it worked normally. Not knowing any better, I uninstalled the 32-bit version, re-deleted the orphan configuration data directory, and then reinstalled the 64-bit version of Calibre. I did go through the wizard again as you noted I would. However the 64-bit version still locked up. So I thought that eliminated the configuration data directory as being the problem. By the way I chose - in both cases the 32-bit and the 64-bit re-install - a new vacant directory to be the library - that had zero books in it.

I then attempted to close every running program that I could. That had no effect. I right clicked every small icon pack was open and active, and exited where possible. I was unable to close Avast anti-viral. And there are something like seventy-odd process is still running in Windows task manager so I'm sure it's one of them that must be interfering. :-(

As far as the ignore plug-ins go, I took a screenshot of the command window that I used to invoke Calibre 64-bit. It still froze up. Here is the screenshot.

It did start normally, but it simply froze up when I clicked on add a book and then told it to add a book expecting that there would be one book in each directory etc.

And finally, preferences/miscellaneous/open config in the 64-bit works normally. Here is the screenshot:

It's the 64-bit version – with the preferences window opened up, and you can see the Windows Explorer indicating the location of the config information files.

Going to head for bed. But… I want to take the opportunity to thank you very, very, very much for spending the time and putting in the effort that you have so far!

I sincerely wish you a very happy new year.

I'm certain that if I did a new Windows install, that would aabsolutely take hours and hours to complete, the 64-bit version of Calibre would run normally.

At this point I'm leaning towards using the 32-bit version and simply switching to the 64-bit version if there any heavy-duty book conversions – which I honestly don't envision my having to do.

Once again, many, many thanks for all your time and effort!

Warmest regards,

Jim.

12-31-2014, 12:25 AM	#21
jamesgl Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 32 Join Date: Dec 2014 Device: kindle	Good morning again BR it's a little after midnight, and what you read below has taken a couple of hours to accomplish. I do not have a way of posting the screenshots online so you can view them in this forum. However… My email address is: incoming [at] POBoX.com If you send me an email, I will reply with the text below plus the screenshots from my computer. I composed the entire thing as an RTF file, which would email nicely, but will not allow me to post the screenshots embedded in the RTF file, in here. Everything else is indicated in text. For item number two, I opened the 32-bit version of Calibre, and dropped the text file into the area you indicated. The files were appended to the book and when I clicked on text, my text editor opened and I was able to read the file. When I tried the exact same thing in the 64-bit version, the program locked up and I got the great out window that you described as being normal when the program stops working. For item number three, it does not have a mode which allegedly replaces Windows Explorer. You can always use Windows Explorer and total commander simultaneously. In fact you can drag-and-drop files between Windows Explorer and total commander. Total commander operates as a standalone program that gives you infinitely more flexibility, the least of which is having to Windows as being part of it. Anyway… When I use Windows Explorer in order to drop the text file into the 64-bit program, it locks up. The 32-bit version seems to work flawlessly. This is a screenshot from item number four - on my computer using the standard Windows environmental editor which admittedly is a bit weak. But I think you can see the necessary information. Also, I do get directories created in that CALIBRE_TEMP directory when the 64-bit and/or the 32-bit version start. I have not looked at them in detail. I checked the couple of times after the directory and variable were created. There's always stuff in there. Provided that you have run either versions of Calibre. And by the way this stuff does not disappear when you close the programs. Let me amend that. The directories don't disappear but I'm not certain there is always material left in the directories, when the programs are closed. Okay… Next is item number five. The short answer is yes I can create folders, and books. I'm going to post a screenshot from total commander The window on the left shows the sorted author directories [sorted by name] and the bottom one you will note is zzz Author make-believe folder. The right window shows you the actual text file that I created which is called Make-Believe Book.txt and finally… The insert window is the Lister which shows the contents - only one sentence fragment that actually is the entire text file. As far as the configuration data suggestion goes, we did this. You suggested that I zip up the entire configuration data directory which was located in user/my name/AppData/roaming/documents/Calibre etc. I did zip up that file and copied the zip file to a separate hard drive. I deleted the directory in its entirety. Then I reinstalled Calibre 32-bit version, went through the wizard, and it worked normally. Not knowing any better, I uninstalled the 32-bit version, re-deleted the orphan configuration data directory, and then reinstalled the 64-bit version of Calibre. I did go through the wizard again as you noted I would. However the 64-bit version still locked up. So I thought that eliminated the configuration data directory as being the problem. By the way I chose - in both cases the 32-bit and the 64-bit re-install - a new vacant directory to be the library - that had zero books in it. I then attempted to close every running program that I could. That had no effect. I right clicked every small icon pack was open and active, and exited where possible. I was unable to close Avast anti-viral. And there are something like seventy-odd process is still running in Windows task manager so I'm sure it's one of them that must be interfering. :-( As far as the ignore plug-ins go, I took a screenshot of the command window that I used to invoke Calibre 64-bit. It still froze up. Here is the screenshot. It did start normally, but it simply froze up when I clicked on add a book and then told it to add a book expecting that there would be one book in each directory etc. And finally, preferences/miscellaneous/open config in the 64-bit works normally. Here is the screenshot: It's the 64-bit version – with the preferences window opened up, and you can see the Windows Explorer indicating the location of the config information files. Going to head for bed. But… I want to take the opportunity to thank you very, very, very much for spending the time and putting in the effort that you have so far! I sincerely wish you a very happy new year. I'm certain that if I did a new Windows install, that would aabsolutely take hours and hours to complete, the 64-bit version of Calibre would run normally. At this point I'm leaning towards using the 32-bit version and simply switching to the 64-bit version if there any heavy-duty book conversions – which I honestly don't envision my having to do. Once again, many, many thanks for all your time and effort! Warmest regards, Jim.