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mneimeyer · 03-26-2026, 01:53 AM

No I get that. That's not what I was saying. My Calibre library exists at "B:\Library" and my Automatic Add folder is at "B:\Library AutoAdd".

Consolidating the various versions of my library that exist on multiple hard drives and backups and such I've been bringing books into my library in batches by dropping them into the AutoAdd folder.

This time I told it not to import duplicate books (many of which were not actually duplicates but name conflicts due the bad file naming I mentioned) Calibre deleted ALL of the files in my AutoAdd folder even if they had not been imported into Calibre. I know of at least seven CBZ files that had the word "Evil" in the file name and searching for ANY file on B:\ with that word in the file name failed. The CBZs did not have embedded ComicInfo.xml so it couldn't have silently renamed the files using bad metadata. Similarly searching my Recycle Bin does not find them. I have confirmed that my Recycle Bin is correctly configured for that drive and files I delete manually through Explorer are sent there.

So to reiterate, I'm not talking about the actual Calibre Library just the contents of the AutoAdd folder.

Thanks for the rapid response! I hope that clarifies what I mean!

03-26-2026, 01:53 AM	#3
mneimeyer Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Claymont, DE Device: Boox Note Air 5C / Moon+	No I get that. That's not what I was saying. My Calibre library exists at "B:\Library" and my Automatic Add folder is at "B:\Library AutoAdd". Consolidating the various versions of my library that exist on multiple hard drives and backups and such I've been bringing books into my library in batches by dropping them into the AutoAdd folder. This time I told it not to import duplicate books (many of which were not actually duplicates but name conflicts due the bad file naming I mentioned) Calibre deleted ALL of the files in my AutoAdd folder even if they had not been imported into Calibre. I know of at least seven CBZ files that had the word "Evil" in the file name and searching for ANY file on B:\ with that word in the file name failed. The CBZs did not have embedded ComicInfo.xml so it couldn't have silently renamed the files using bad metadata. Similarly searching my Recycle Bin does not find them. I have confirmed that my Recycle Bin is correctly configured for that drive and files I delete manually through Explorer are sent there. So to reiterate, I'm not talking about the actual Calibre Library just the contents of the AutoAdd folder. Thanks for the rapid response! I hope that clarifies what I mean!