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eschwartz · 03-15-2015, 03:31 AM

The problem is that Qt itself does not support XP (even service pack 3). calibre includes everything it needs to run (no separate Qt install is needed).

Until/unless the Qt developers decide to fix Qt on WinXP, nothing can or will be done. I predict they will do so just as soon as Microsoft re-enables support for WinXP.

For more details, see the thread that exhaustively discussed the issue: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=245069

If you are willing to run from source and try it anyway, instructions are here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...5&postcount=61

(edit this file: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...i2/__init__.py)

Alternatively, depending on the fix you need, see this: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...34#post2976934

03-15-2015, 03:31 AM	#3
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)	The problem is that Qt itself does not support XP (even service pack 3). calibre includes everything it needs to run (no separate Qt install is needed). Until/unless the Qt developers decide to fix Qt on WinXP, nothing can or will be done. I predict they will do so just as soon as Microsoft re-enables support for WinXP. For more details, see the thread that exhaustively discussed the issue: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=245069 If you are willing to run from source and try it anyway, instructions are here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...5&postcount=61 (edit this file: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...i2/__init__.py) Alternatively, depending on the fix you need, see this: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...34#post2976934 Last edited by eschwartz; 03-15-2015 at 03:38 AM.