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DaltonST · 05-22-2015, 01:55 PM

@jcarerra,

Win 8.1 keeps track of what you install while you are in "Desktop Mode", and what you install while you are in "Win 8 App Mode". If you installed Calibre while you were in "Win 8 App Mode", instead of "Desktop Mode", then likely what happened is that Win 8.1 itself changed the file associations to "All file extensions that Calibre can open". It may have asked you a very innocuous question that you answered "yes" to, not realizing that Win 8.1 would do bad things.

If you had installed Calibre while you were in "Desktop Mode", this would not have occurred. Regardless, it is not Calibre's fault. Win 8.1 did this, not Calibre.

DaltonST

05-22-2015, 01:55 PM	#6
DaltonST Deviser Posts: 2,265 Karma: 2090983 Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Texas Device: none	@jcarerra, Win 8.1 keeps track of what you install while you are in "Desktop Mode", and what you install while you are in "Win 8 App Mode". If you installed Calibre while you were in "Win 8 App Mode", instead of "Desktop Mode", then likely what happened is that Win 8.1 itself changed the file associations to "All file extensions that Calibre can open". It may have asked you a very innocuous question that you answered "yes" to, not realizing that Win 8.1 would do bad things. If you had installed Calibre while you were in "Desktop Mode", this would not have occurred. Regardless, it is not Calibre's fault. Win 8.1 did this, not Calibre. DaltonST Last edited by DaltonST; 05-22-2015 at 02:01 PM.