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geekmaster · 03-28-2016, 02:19 PM

The mingw x64 kindletool.exe fails when doing an extract, because x64 windows does not allow user apps to create files on the hdd root. I changed the win32 (& not cygwin) temp path from "" to "." to use the current dir instead of root. A github pull request is pending. I did not do a build (no toolchain installed here).

EDIT: It looks like I need to setup a toolchain on this computer. Proposing changes without testing them is relatively pointless.

EDIT2: Even yifanlu's older kindletool fails extract with "Cannot create temporary file." on my win7 x64. Time to use linux instead?

03-28-2016, 02:19 PM	#134
geekmaster Carpe diem, c'est la vie. Posts: 6,433 Karma: 10773668 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Multiverse 6627A Device: K1 to PW3	The mingw x64 kindletool.exe fails when doing an extract, because x64 windows does not allow user apps to create files on the hdd root. I changed the win32 (& not cygwin) temp path from "" to "." to use the current dir instead of root. A github pull request is pending. I did not do a build (no toolchain installed here). EDIT: It looks like I need to setup a toolchain on this computer. Proposing changes without testing them is relatively pointless. EDIT2: Even yifanlu's older kindletool fails extract with "Cannot create temporary file." on my win7 x64. Time to use linux instead? Last edited by geekmaster; 03-28-2016 at 02:55 PM.