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Rob557 · 03-10-2021, 05:04 PM

When I click on "Quality Check / Search ePub", Calibre now freezes and I need to use Windows 10 Task Manager to close the program. I have used that very useful feature of Quality Check for years without trouble.

When using Search ePub, it normally displays something like the last 10 search criteria so that you can select one, or enter a new one. Recently I've been using 4 different sets of multiple search criteria to find ePubs that have various OCR problems that I decide whether to try to fix, or download a cleaner version of the ePub.

My problem started today when I decided to clear out the current list of search criteria and I did that by putting in some dummy criteria, running each one against a single ePub. The new criteria were something like $$A, $$B, ..., $$J. Once the old ones were cleared out, I then clicked on Search ePub so that I could put in a new criteria list, but instead of the normal listing of most-recently used criteria, Calibre simply froze as soon as I clicked on "Search ePub".

The following are different things I've tried to do (each time failing and having to force-terminate and restart Calibre ... I'm using version 5.12 for Calibre and version 1.11 for Quality Check):
a) change Calibre libraries,
b) change search scope (one book, several books, full library),
c) choose "repair" Calibre when re-install version 5.12,
d) uninstall Quality Check, reboot Calibre, reinstall Quality Check version 1.11, reboot Calibre.

I also tried other Calibre functionality and other features of Quality Check before trying Seach ePub, and nothing else seems to be a problem other than Calibre freezing as soon as I click on Search ePub.

My thoughts go in the direction that there is a problem with the new set of prior search criteria that has been stored, but I don't know if there is any way to reset that list if simply uninstalling the Quality Check plugin and re-installing it does not result in removing the prior criteria.

Apologies for the length of my comments. I'd welcome any suggestions. I'm assuming for now that the problem is with the operation of the plugin rather than a problem with Calibre itself ?

03-10-2021, 05:04 PM	#1044
Rob557 Zealot Posts: 108 Karma: 810 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kobo	Quality Check - Search ePub "hangs" When I click on "Quality Check / Search ePub", Calibre now freezes and I need to use Windows 10 Task Manager to close the program. I have used that very useful feature of Quality Check for years without trouble. When using Search ePub, it normally displays something like the last 10 search criteria so that you can select one, or enter a new one. Recently I've been using 4 different sets of multiple search criteria to find ePubs that have various OCR problems that I decide whether to try to fix, or download a cleaner version of the ePub. My problem started today when I decided to clear out the current list of search criteria and I did that by putting in some dummy criteria, running each one against a single ePub. The new criteria were something like $$A, $$B, ..., $$J. Once the old ones were cleared out, I then clicked on Search ePub so that I could put in a new criteria list, but instead of the normal listing of most-recently used criteria, Calibre simply froze as soon as I clicked on "Search ePub". The following are different things I've tried to do (each time failing and having to force-terminate and restart Calibre ... I'm using version 5.12 for Calibre and version 1.11 for Quality Check): a) change Calibre libraries, b) change search scope (one book, several books, full library), c) choose "repair" Calibre when re-install version 5.12, d) uninstall Quality Check, reboot Calibre, reinstall Quality Check version 1.11, reboot Calibre. I also tried other Calibre functionality and other features of Quality Check before trying Seach ePub, and nothing else seems to be a problem other than Calibre freezing as soon as I click on Search ePub. My thoughts go in the direction that there is a problem with the new set of prior search criteria that has been stored, but I don't know if there is any way to reset that list if simply uninstalling the Quality Check plugin and re-installing it does not result in removing the prior criteria. Apologies for the length of my comments. I'd welcome any suggestions. I'm assuming for now that the problem is with the operation of the plugin rather than a problem with Calibre itself ?