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I got fed up with losing calibre settings and libraries after a couple of computer meltdowns, so thought I might set up a portable install within Google Driver monitored folder, so I could do two things:

1. keep all the settings & etc in case of catastrophic event on computer

2. access from any machine via cloud

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To test, I set up a copy of calibre portable on local machine, installed some plugins, made some tweaks, etc

I then closed calibre, waited for all files to sync, went to other machine, waited for sync (ok).

Opened Calibre using shared exe and got default settings and intro wizard.

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Assumed that this must have been a sync issue (files were not copied over), so then copied all files from tweaked copy to a shared folder on server

Opened on first machine using exe on shared drive. All settings present.

Opened on second machine using exe on shared drive - settings not present. Vanilla copy again.

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So then I figured maybe if there are residual settings on the second machine, maybe it reads these first.

Uninstalled Calibre (installer version) on problem machine.

Then rebooted and used Everything search, located everything called Calibre, and changed to Calibre.old.

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Opened on first machine using exe on shared drive. All settings present.

Opened on second machine using exe on shared drive - settings not present. Vanilla copy again.

Checked C:~userdata, and a new calibre folder was there, along with a calibre folder in My Documents.

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Grrr...

So then I am wondering if I had accidentally used a 'local' installer executable instead of a 'portable' installer - as that would explain the problem outright.

Downloaded a new portable installer. Installed to a fresh folder. Ran the exe - and it loaded with the settings I had put in previously. (I had expected a vanilla copy as it was a totally fresh install of the portable version).

So Im a bit confused now.

Correct me if I am wrong, but shouldnt a portable version be fully self-contained?

Any ideas why I am getting these issues trying to set up portability?

Thanks