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Originally Posted by lith61
It's a cool plugin, but evidently on Windows 7, I have to run Calibre with Administrator privileges in order for it to show up.
Looks like UAC is blocking the plugin at the normal user level, probably because it spawns a process.
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@lith61
You are referring to the Configuration dialog and its pushbutton to automatically create the custom columns you select using calibredb
if you so choose. Library Codes spawns an operating system subprocess to run calibredb. If you create them manually, then there is no need for calibredb to be run as a convenience. In 'steady state', you certainly do
not need to run Calibre with administrator priviledges.
I upgraded my Windows 7 laptops to Windows 10 months ago, but when I used 7, I was always an administrator, and also turned off UAC.
See the Original Post notes copied below.
DaltonST
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Special Operating System Notes:
[1] Automatic creation of new Custom Columns uses Calibre's 'calibredb' command-line utility. Windows automatically installs calibredb, but OSX does not. OSX users must install the Calibre command-line utilities separately. Search www.mobilread.com for instructions. Otherwise, you will have to create new Custom Columns manually.
[2] Windows 7 users who are not 'administrators' and have not turned off 'UAC' will have problems when asking LC to automatically create new Custom Columns using Calibre's 'calibredb' command-line utility. The UAC issue will be related to LC spawning an operating system process to run calibredb. You will have to either (a) execute Calibre from a shortcut that has been configured to always run as an 'administrator', (b) on a 1-time basis run Calibre as an 'administrator' followed by immediately having LC create your new Custom Columns for you, or (c) manually create the required new Custom Columns.
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