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Originally Posted by hotwired
Thankfully I have my books backed up. But I just ran the "check library" feature. "Mark all for fix" wouldn't do anything so I marked all for deletion and it did what was promised. Wiped out my entire library. For whatever reason this plugin doesn't even come close to doing ANYTHING that I've seen it described as doing. Very strange. I know it's partly me doing the old fashioned thing (physically placing books in the folder that is my library). This is how I learned so it's tough for me to move over to the "database" way of thinking. I'll just restore from backup, then literally, click on every folder (4,000 +) and delete the extras unless I find something else that works. Thank you though for your suggestions. If anything I've said here rings a bell feel free to point me in the right direction though!
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Hotwired:
You need to start over from the beginning with Calibre.
[1] Create a fresh, new, empty Calibre Library, and switch to it.
[2] Configure Calibre. See the attached image.
[3] Start using the "Add Books" button that you placed on your ToolBar in Step 2, above. Do not
ever use Windows Explorer to add, change or delete books.
[4] When you Add Books, and Calibre tells you that it found duplicates, choose wisely as to what Calibre should do or not do.
I suggest that you first add a few small samples of your 4,000+ books so you can test-and-tune your Preferences to suit your needs.
Adding 4,000+ books might take a few hours depending on your computer system, so add them in reasonably sized chunks.
It would be a good idea to read the Calibre User Manual found at
https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/
DaltonST