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Originally Posted by tobarefeet
I tried a fresh install with anti-virus off and still the same bad location while trying to create a book location. I plugged in my kindle at one point and saw the kindle show up on calibre, which was a tease since I could do nothing because of the error message. I
I dont know where to go from here?
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Calibre has this
advice in the FAQ:
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Calibre is not starting on Windows?
There can be several causes for this: - If you get an error about a Python function terminating unexpectedly after upgrading calibre, first uninstall calibre, then delete the folders (if they exists) C:\Program Files\Calibre and C:\Program Files\Calibre2. Now re-install and you should be fine.
- If you get an error in the welcome wizard on an initial run of calibre, try choosing a folder like C:\library as the calibre library (calibre sometimes has trouble with library locations if the path contains non-English characters, or only numbers, etc.)
- Try running it as Administrator (Right click on the icon and select “Run as Administrator”)
- Windows Vista: If the folder C:\Users\Your User Name\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\calibre exists, delete it. Uninstall calibre. Reboot. Re-install.
- Any windows version: Try disabling any antivirus program you have running and see if that fixes it. Also try disabling any firewall software that prevents connections to the local computer.
If it still wont launch, start a command prompt (press the windows key and R; then type cmd.exe in the Run dialog that appears). At the command prompt type the following command and press Enter:
Post any output you see in a help message on the Forum.
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I know this isn't exactly your problem, hopefully someone with more knowledge will be along soon.
Good Luck.