It is unclear since when this has been an issue, as Calibre is running on a headless VM. However, Calibre will no longer launch.
Machine specs are Win10 Pro 22H2. The machine is virtualized on ESXI, domain-based, English OS.
I've gone through a few steps to troubleshoot this issue with no luck.
-Updated calibre
-Uninstalled and reinstalled.
-Clean, uninstall, hunt down leftover configs and delete them.
-Updated Windows
-Added exception to defender.
-Logging in as a Local Admin
-Installing as a LocalAdmin
The behavior I see is when I start the application, I can see the process come up, use up some memory, and then it just goes away. I've tried looking for log files to see, I created a batch file and issued this "C:\Program Files\Calibre2\calibre-debug.exe" --gui -g > "C:\temp\calibre-debug-%USERNAME%.log"
If I run calibre-debug -g via ps or cmd this is the data returned:
Code:
c:\Program Files\Calibre2>calibre-debug.exe -g
calibre 7.26 embedded-python: True
Windows-10-10.0.19045-SP0 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '10', '10.0.19045')
Python 3.11.5
Windows: ('10', '10.0.19045', 'SP0', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: None
EXE path: c:\Program Files\Calibre2\calibre-debug.exe
The log file does write but is blank.
I've also built a new VM with Win11—a fresh install. Once I install the app and run it, it takes a bit longer, and there are a few processes that run in the background, but then again, they are the same. I would expect the wizard to show up, seeing as this is a new build and I haven't migrated the library or even pointed it to the library. I tried to install 7.26.0 on my local machine which is also win11 on the same domain. In that case, I had no issue.
I'm at a loss now.
I would appreciate some guidance, please.
Thanks.