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@FizzyWater I suppose that might make sense but I'm pretty sure I haven't been using Calibre long enough for that change to apply. The second portable copy that I use for a separate library is only a couple of months old.
And no, it's not at the root level. Having it at the root level would completely interfere with how I organize and backup my files and I'd consider it to be an unreasonable requirement. The error I got stated that the library path couldn't exceed 89 characters. The change to CalPort should have put the path within those requirements.
@PeterT Thanks for explaining that a bit more. It seems to work, though it just shows the CalPort folder under the Calibre folder and I wanted the top Calibre folder to show in the mapped drive since I have two different copies that need mapping. I suppose my only other option is to map the entire Documents folder.
I'm still not clear though if it's something that needs to be done once, or on every computer. If the latter, it would definitely make the program less portable. For example, I don't know if it's something you'd be able to do on a public computer at the library.
Thanks to everyone that's replied so far. It seems I have a working solution for the moment, though I'm not sure if it will be viable long term or not. I really wish Microsoft would do away with path length restrictions. It seems rather archaic at his point.
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