I notice that many people seem to have trouble with Calibre seeming to take over file associations that they believe they didn't ask for. (I'm aware of issues with Windows 8 causing this.)
My problem is the opposite. I can't seem to set the file associations. At all!
I can - from what I've tried - drag files one at a time into the Calibre library but most ebook files are either associated with another reader (Kindle Reader, Adobe PDF) or they are totally not associated with anything.
I'm running Calibre 64bit on a Windows 7 PC.
I found a file with a lot of old public domain books in epub format and I downloaded it.
But epub isn't associated with anything. And I can't seem to associate it manually, with Calibre.
I've tried several suggestions that come up on google but none work.
1. Start> Default Programs> Set Your Default Programs: Calibre isn't on the list of programs that displays and there is no way to add to the list.
2. Start> Default Programs> Associate a file type or protocol with a program: .epub is nowhere in the list of extensions that I can associate a program with and I don't see a way to add it to the list.
Both of these "fixes" on google showed Calibre in the list of programs to select in #1 and/or .epub in the file extensions in #2. I don't see either one.
NOTE 1: Calibre
does show up in the list of installed programs in Start> Control Panel> Programs and Features
NOTE 2: Thinking this might have been a messed up file in Calibre I tried repairing it. No luck. So, I uninstalled it, downloaded Version 3.48 from calibre-ebook.com and installed it fresh.
No difference.
Scratching my head on this one.....