Thread: Need help installing 64bit Calibre on Win7
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Old 06-04-2015, 05:38 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by chiropterist View Post
I downloaded the GitHub link, but no luck.

What worked was when I went to Advanced Options and set the two shortcut options to "will install when needed".

Finally, success!

I don't know why this worked; Maybe someone cleverer than me knows the explanation. I'm just happy to be able to try out Calibre.

Thanks again for all your help.
That smells like a permissions issue.

The Desktop Shortcut would normally be written to %USERPROFILE%\Desktop and the Start Menu Shortcuts to %SYSTEMDRIVE%\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs (maybe through a junction)

Do either of those locations have a padlock icon overlay, as in

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