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amagrace · 10-30-2018, 01:03 PM

Hi all,

I use different libraries to manage my ebooks (for all the contents) and physical books I own (to keep a record as library management). Since I need to use the ebooks from different computers, I install a portable version of Calibre on a USB drive and store the library folders in the same USB drive (not in the default 'Calibre library' folder of course).

The problem is when the USB is plugged in different computer, different drive letters are assigned. So the path registered from previous run is invalid in the new run.

Is there a way to solve this problem? One possible solution I can think about is to ignore the root drive letter since they are on the same drive of the system. But how can I do this? Or is there any other way that I don't know of?

many thanks
F.T.

10-30-2018, 01:03 PM	#1
amagrace Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Sony PRS-T1, Kobo wi-fi	Multiple libraries on portable device run from multiple computers Hi all, I use different libraries to manage my ebooks (for all the contents) and physical books I own (to keep a record as library management). Since I need to use the ebooks from different computers, I install a portable version of Calibre on a USB drive and store the library folders in the same USB drive (not in the default 'Calibre library' folder of course). The problem is when the USB is plugged in different computer, different drive letters are assigned. So the path registered from previous run is invalid in the new run. Is there a way to solve this problem? One possible solution I can think about is to ignore the root drive letter since they are on the same drive of the system. But how can I do this? Or is there any other way that I don't know of? many thanks F.T.