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Originally Posted by shalym
So what is the difference between getting it directly from Amazon or getting it from cnet, other than the fact that cnet will also get you a "installer" bundled with it? (In my experience, 95% of all "installers" or "download helpers" include some sort of spyware, or at the very least, adware. Either way, you don't want it on your system.)
Shari
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Originally Posted by Glorfindel
Erm, I can download the desired executeable from amazon without any difficulties using Windows 10, perhaps try a user-agent switcher?
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Last year when I installed K4PC on my Win8.1 machine the version supplied by Amazon was Metro and only Metro. It also contained the "new" book storage where books were partitioned, meaning that I could not use the Alf tools on the books I purchased. Downloading a Win7 version in the fashion I described got me a non-Metro app that downloaded the books as azw into /kindle. My scheme works only if one has access to a Win7 machine.
The OP indicates that he is having a problem with the app as supplied by Amazon, in that "some books" are downloaded (can only be downloaded?) using the partioning scheme and not the single file scheme. I have never had that problem on my laptop with the many books I have purchased.
Couple these two observed behaviors together led me to postulate that the K4PC app currently supplied by Amazon conditions its behavior depending on what Windows version it is running under. I could be wrong. I have no interest in doing the experiment and potentially breaking something that works.