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Originally Posted by Chris_Snow
Sorry for the delayed reply - been quite a bust day and I haven't had the chance to catch up. Really appreciate the detail in your reply.
The wife is running Win 10 Home, while I'm running Win 10 Pro. I built my machine lean - no bloatware what-so-ever - not even the crap that comes with the hardware you buy. I told the tech to keep it lean - if it's not absolutely needed to run the hardware or some other reason - don't install it!!
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Maybe your tech forgot to install something
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Originally Posted by Chris_Snow
I tried the portable version of calibre. No change. Still glitchy.
Then I rebooted in Windows Safe Mode. My whole desktop was messed up (proably the resolution setting) but playing with the installed version of calibre I found no issues. Seemed to save quickly when I added extra tags and saved them.
I did notice though that having the MDE open and clicking next repeatedly, any tag field that was empty, the software froze for a beat. This even happened in Safe Mode. Not sure what that means?
I have realised the issues all stem from a "write". That is, saving metadata, or updating an exising column or cell. I'm not sure what software I have that would effect that, or how I'm going to track it down.
If I recall correctly, Calibre was one of the first programs I installed, but I'm not sure if it was doing this then, as I just opened it, then moved on to the next piece of SW to install.
I am asssuming because all the calibre plugins showed in Win Safe Mode, that they aren't the problem, so not much point installing from scratch.
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Calibre plugins are python 'subroutines' that get interpreted at run time, Windows just sees them as a zip - hence they are present in Windows Safe mode. If you wanted to run without them, run calibre with the
--ignore-plugins option, see ==>>
User Manual - calibre command
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Originally Posted by Chris_Snow
Check Library returned some results - mostly me taking a copy of the ebook and creating another version inside the library folders. Still, Calibre doesn't know thay are there unless I tell it.
So...any suggestions on how I can track this down?  Thanks |
I would look at what extras -- by way of programs that run at start up and shell extensions -- you are running as compared to what your wife runs. Especially third party gadgets you've installed in Win 10 that you didn't use in XP.
For start up programs (most likely candidates), I'd use the Tools->Startup Programs feature in Piriform's CCleaner where it's easy to disable/enable startups, no need to restart when you do this, a signoff/signon should be enough.
Nirsoft's
ShellExView - Shell Extension Manager For Windows will tell you what you have, it has a disable/option in its context menu. In this instance it may be necessary to restart after disabling\enabling gadgets - in some instances you might want to uninstall the software in its entirety.
One way to prevent your desktop getting messed up when you go into Safe Mode is to have a clean desktop
BR