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First off, I'm unable to address the technical details of your problem; I haven't gone wandering around inside of calibre's guts (yet) to know exactly what is causing the blowups. Worse yet, I use WinXP and a mutant form of Xandros Linux, so I can't even address the specifics of the Vista-related issues.
There are, however, several things in your post that I can address.
One is basic troubleshooting: There are at a minimum thousands of people who have installed and are running calibre successfully. Assuming you just let the installation wizard do its thing, they followed the same steps that you did. Were the problem on calibre's end, it's likely that a substantial fraction of those people would be having the same problems you are, and saying so, loudly, in this forum. Since that doesn't seem to be the case, the first thing you need to try to determine is what is different between their situation and yours.
If I did a default install of calibre on a fresh, out-of-the-box install of Vista, calibre would be working. It works for plenty of other people, and they're running the exact same code. Software, despite occasional appearances to the contrary, does not in fact develop personal hatred for some of us. The same software, in the same environment, used in the same way, will do the same things.
So, since we know that a default install of calibre on vanilla Vista being used by other people will run, and what you have won't run, there are three places to look for clues to the problem: One, the calibre installation; two, the OS environment; and three, the user. So, start looking at what in any of those three elements might be that crucial factor? Is there anything different in how you installed it? Is there anything different about your computer setup? Are you doing, or not doing, something different from other users? It's one of those. My guess would be some form of ghost process, but it's just a guess.
Also, comments like "This program has 0 stars from me so far, its way to buggy" are not a good tactic to motivate the developers to leap to do exactly what you want in order to earn your approval. Starting off on a hostile note leads to less helpfulness, rather than more, with most people. Besides, if it's way too buggy, how are thousands of us using it?
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