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Joanna · 11-13-2015, 01:26 PM

I run Calibre (Portable) from an external drive, where also my libraries are stored. What is the best solution to use the exact same settings on two computers?

I usually launch Calibre/calibre.exe, not calibre-portable.exe, and so far, my settings were not stored in the Calibe Portable folder but on the computer, which obviously isn't very portable

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Solutions I'm considering / wondering whether they would work:

- running calibre-portable.exe instead of calibre.exe (is it possible to conveniently handle multiple libraries that way? I have two (none of them is in the 'Calibre Library' folder) and would like Calibre to remember which library I opened the last time.

- storing the configuration data on the computer and syncing them to Dropbox (with Dropbox Folder Sync)

- moving Calibre configuration directory (is it possible?) to either Dropbox or the external drive.

Funnily enough, two years ago I struggled with a similar problem

(https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=202433).

Back then, I was advised to "make a customized COPY and use calibreportable.bat which is found in the resources folder" - would it help in my present situation? And how to do that?

Thanks in advance!

11-13-2015, 01:26 PM	#1
Joanna Groupie Posts: 199 Karma: 76476 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Poland Device: none	Using same configuration on two computers I run Calibre (Portable) from an external drive, where also my libraries are stored. What is the best solution to use the exact same settings on two computers? I usually launch Calibre/calibre.exe, not calibre-portable.exe, and so far, my settings were not stored in the Calibe Portable folder but on the computer, which obviously isn't very portable . Solutions I'm considering / wondering whether they would work: - running calibre-portable.exe instead of calibre.exe (is it possible to conveniently handle multiple libraries that way? I have two (none of them is in the 'Calibre Library' folder) and would like Calibre to remember which library I opened the last time. - storing the configuration data on the computer and syncing them to Dropbox (with Dropbox Folder Sync) - moving Calibre configuration directory (is it possible?) to either Dropbox or the external drive. Funnily enough, two years ago I struggled with a similar problem (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=202433). Back then, I was advised to "make a customized COPY and use calibreportable.bat which is found in the resources folder" - would it help in my present situation? And how to do that? Thanks in advance!