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BetterRed · 08-02-2016, 04:58 PM

@fiskie - IIRC - the default location for CALIBRE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY (set internally) is %LOCALAPPDATA%\Temp

I question if calibre would even start if CALIBRE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY was set to C:\Windows\Temp. The C:\Windows\Temp directory is one of those 'off limits' directories even to read. If it is working then I suspect you or something must have changed the permissions of that directory.

The factory set permissions for C:\Windows\Temp, C:\Windows\Prefetch etc are deliberately set that way to deter their use by users or applications.

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08-02-2016, 04:58 PM	#4
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,843 Karma: 30277270 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@fiskie - IIRC - the default location for CALIBRE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY (set internally) is %LOCALAPPDATA%\Temp I question if calibre would even start if CALIBRE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY was set to C:\Windows\Temp. The C:\Windows\Temp directory is one of those 'off limits' directories even to read. If it is working then I suspect you or something must have changed the permissions of that directory. The factory set permissions for C:\Windows\Temp, C:\Windows\Prefetch etc are deliberately set that way to deter their use by users or applications. Moderator Notice I've put your issue into its own thread, please don't tack your issues onto someone else's thread unless you are solving their problems BR Last edited by BetterRed; 08-02-2016 at 05:20 PM. Reason: Add Moderator Message