Hi
Calibre has been working fine until today, I was importing books and Calibre crashed and now it won't start at all. All I get is a blank white or black window.
I've tried running calibre-debug -g and this is the output:
Code:
C:\Users\micro>calibre-debug -g
calibre 9.2.1 embedded-python: True
Windows-11-10.0.26200-SP0 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '11', '10.0.26200')
Python 3.14.2
Windows: ('11', '10.0.26200', 'SP0', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: None
EXE path: C:\Program Files\Calibre2\calibre-debug.exe
QPA platform: windows
devicePixelRatio: 1.25
logicalDpi: 96.0 x 96.0
physicalDpi: 113.41395348837209 x 113.41395348837209
ApplicationPaletteChange event ignored
Using calibre Qt style: True
ApplicationPaletteChange event received
[0.00] Starting up...
[0.00] Showing splash screen...
[1.23] splash screen shown
[1.42] Initializing db...
[8.18] db initialized
[8.18] Constructing main UI...
[11.81] GUI main window shown
[12.00] main UI initialized...
[12.00] Hiding splash screen
[12.01] splash screen hidden
[12.01] Started up in 12.01 seconds with 0 books
What's even more confusing is that there should be nearly 800 books in the library.
I've tried setting the environment variable QTWEBENGINE_CHROMIUM_FLAGS as described in
https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...-e-book-viewer but that's had no effect. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling Calibre several times but with no success, the exact same thing happens in each new install.
I've tried installing Calibre portable on my second hard drive and that loads fine, but I have a completely separate issue with the portable version in that it can't see the network drive my library is saved on. The drive will open fine in Windows Explorer and I can navigate to the library folder with no issues, but when I try to add the file path in the 'Choose your calibre library' window it gives me an error that says "ERROR: Bad location: P:\Shared Documents\Books\Calibre Library is not an existing folder"
I'm out of my depth here! Can anyone suggest anything else to try - primarily with the non-portable version because that's the one that had my full 800 book library in, but I'm interested in what's going on with the portable version too!
Thank You!