Thread: Calibre in Windows path
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Old 09-03-2009, 12:02 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by pepak View Post
Why "obviously"? There's nothing obvious about it. Why should d:\calibre\ebook-convert.exe file1 file2 work if, and only if, either Calibre's directory is current working directory or is referenced by path? That's the problem, that you have to use path even though absolute paths should be sufficient. I personally posted a (now closed) ticket about this!
Because windows uses PATH to search for dlls. You really should open a ticket with Microsoft
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