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Originally Posted by cybmole
one other thing that I don't think has been tried yet is booting in safe mode & repeating the various tests. AFAIK, safe mode will bypass your usual video driver if that's an nvidia / AMD and substitute a basic microsoft driver
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cybmole - see post #8
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Originally Posted by jamesgl
I started Windows in the SAFE MODE.
The 64-bit version did not run – actually crashed – and disappeared – in Windows safe mode. By disappeared, I mean the program opens normally, and when I try to add a book, and I choose "add book from single directory" – either one book per directory or multiple books per directory – either one of those choices – the program simply seems to stop running, and then the window literally disappears.
In other words, it remains inactive for probably five or ten seconds, and then the entire window disappears in the safe mode.
The 32-bit version seems to run completely NORMALLY in the safe mode. The add book second and third choices produce an Explorer window in order for you to choose a directory. No problems.
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Originally Posted by cybmole
and , scraping the barrel now because BR has already listed the most likely tests: create a new windows user, try calibre 64 when logged on as that user. do that for both a new admin user and a normal one with no admin rights
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That's worth a shot, a new user will get a fresh home directory, AppData. Desktop etc.
I can't see why video drivers would only effect some dialogues related to some file i/o operations, but stranger things have happened. I wonder if load plugin from file creates the problem?
BTW thanks for helping out on this one. I suspect like me, you find these these occasional 64 bit failing reports 'irritating'.
BR