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allan_vancouver · 01-13-2010, 04:59 PM

I had a glitch installing calibre (yesterday, newest version, not beta) on Windows Vista.

I hadn't decided where I wanted the library when i saw the setup widget prompt, so I ended the widget window that was recommending a default folder.

It ended, but Calibre still started. But when I clicked on the settings or options button (whatever it's called -- I'm not near that computer right now), the application froze and I had to do a forced end by clicking on the "X" and ending it. After that, each time I started calibre it took me back to the main panel where I couldn't add or update or change the target folder because it would hang or loop each time.

I did a an uninstall and reinstall to get to the point where the widget asked for the library folder, and then it was OK. Perhaps I could have clicked on the down arrow beside the options (?) button to launch the widget instead of reinstalling, but didn't try that.

01-13-2010, 04:59 PM	#1
allan_vancouver Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: nook and iPod Touch	I broke calibre at install time -- recovered I had a glitch installing calibre (yesterday, newest version, not beta) on Windows Vista. I hadn't decided where I wanted the library when i saw the setup widget prompt, so I ended the widget window that was recommending a default folder. It ended, but Calibre still started. But when I clicked on the settings or options button (whatever it's called -- I'm not near that computer right now), the application froze and I had to do a forced end by clicking on the "X" and ending it. After that, each time I started calibre it took me back to the main panel where I couldn't add or update or change the target folder because it would hang or loop each time. I did a an uninstall and reinstall to get to the point where the widget asked for the library folder, and then it was OK. Perhaps I could have clicked on the down arrow beside the options (?) button to launch the widget instead of reinstalling, but didn't try that.