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Old 08-21-2020, 03:13 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by crisco111 View Post
I am using Windows 10 and have been using Calibre for about six years. Suddenly I can't add any books. When I choose Add Books the program sits for a while and then says 'not responding' and that's it. I have upgraded to version 4.? and then back to 3.48 -- no change -- and back to 4.? The only thing I have done with the library recently was delete some books (which I've done often in the past). Here's the result of running in debug mode -- none of this makes any sense to me but perhaps someone can help. PLEASE!!!
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calibre Debug log
calibre 4.22 embedded-python: True is64bit: False
Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0 Windows ('32bit', 'WindowsPE')
32bit process running on 64bit windows
('Windows', '10', '10.0.18362')
Python 2.7.16+
Windows: ('10', '10.0.18362', 'SP0', u'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: None
Successfully initialized third party plugins: DeDRM (6, 4, 3)
calibre 4.22 embedded-python: True is64bit: False
Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0 Windows ('32bit', 'WindowsPE')
32bit process running on 64bit windows
('Windows', '10', '10.0.18362')
Python 2.7.16+
Windows: ('10', '10.0.18362', 'SP0', u'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: None
Successfully initialized third party plugins: DeDRM (6, 4, 3)
Turning on automatic hidpi scaling
devicePixelRatio: 1.0
logicalDpi: 96.0 x 96.0
physicalDpi: 100.861627907 x 100.55257732
Using calibre Qt style: True
[0.00] Starting up...
[0.03] Showing splash screen...
[7.12] splash screen shown
[7.12] Initializing db...
[8.48] db initialized
[8.48] Constructing main UI...
[17.27] main UI initialized...
[17.27] Hiding splash screen
[43.33] splash screen hidden
[43.33] Started up in 43.33 seconds with 3655 books
stdout+stderr from file dialog helper: ['', '']
calibre 4.22 embedded-python: True is64bit: False
Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0 Windows ('32bit', 'WindowsPE')
32bit process running on 64bit windows
('Windows', '10', '10.0.18362')
Python 2.7.16+
Windows: ('10', '10.0.18362', 'SP0', u'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: None
Successfully initialized third party plugins: DeDRM (6, 4, 3)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\actions\add.py", line 494, in add_books
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\win_file_dialogs.py", line 254, in choose_files
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\win_file_dialogs.py", line 208, in run_file_dialog
Exception: File dialog failed (return code -805306369):
If this really is your AC causing the problem, delete it and run wat comes with Windows 10. Any AV that has a problem with Calibre is garbage (IMHO) and not reliable. What comes with Windows 10 works rather well and doesn't noticeably slow down your computer.
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