Moving calibre to new pc will conversion still work?

[MRM66]

Messed up big time. Followed your advice but must have gone wrong somewhere
Have now got a blank calibre. No books at all.

Plus trued to change the log in on my computer screen. Messed that up too!
Didnt need to sign in so tried to do away with it
Not a good day.
Should have stayed in bed

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

That's not a good idea to put your libraries in c:\users\<username>. I've read of too many people having permission errors. It's best to create a directory called Calibre Library off of the root of whatever drive is going to be used to hold the libraries. And put them in the Calibre Library directory.

Eh? I've had all my libraries in Users for 15 years on 7 different computers. Never had any permission problems.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Eh? I've had all my libraries in Users for 15 years on 7 different computers. Never had any permission problems.

Not everyone does. But I have read of a number of people with permission errors. So it's best to stay out especially if you are not a techy.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by MRM66

Messed up big time. Followed your advice but must have gone wrong somewhere
Have now got a blank calibre. No books at all.

Plus trued to change the log in on my computer screen. Messed that up too!
Didnt need to sign in so tried to do away with it
Not a good day.
Should have stayed in bed

Where are your library directories currently?

[MRM66]

Going to reset the computer. Which will take ages to add all my programs again.
Then going to have another go with calibre.
I still have the backup from before so will start afresh ����

Yes I am an oldie and feeling it today lol

[JSWolf]

No need to reset the computer. You just have to copy the correct directories to th correct places.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Not everyone does. But I have read of a number of people with permission errors. So it's best to stay out especially if you are not a techy.

That is the current installed default after the original "MyDocuments" was synced out of the box. Kovid made the change a long while back.
I suspect other factors are causing the current issues (3rd party A/V, Non ASCII user name, some other sync tool)

To be clear, My active LIBRARIES (more than 1) are not in the default location . I use the default as a test bed library and that has not caused issues

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by theducks

That is the current installed default after the original "MyDocuments" was synced out of the box. Kovid made the change a long while back.
I suspect other factors are causing the current issues (3rd party A/V, Non ASCII user name, some other sync tool)

To be clear, My active LIBRARIES (more than 1) are not in the default location . I use the default as a test bed library and that has not caused issues

I've not had any problems with the default directory. But others have. that's why I don't recommend using your profile directory to hold your working calibre libraries.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I've not had any problems with the default directory. But others have. that's why I don't recommend using your profile directory to hold your working calibre libraries.

Someone is putting a LIBRARY in %appdata%/calibre ?

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

That's not a good idea to put your libraries in c:\users\<username>. I've read of too many people having permission errors. It's best to create a directory called Calibre Library off of the root of whatever drive is going to be used to hold the libraries. And put them in the Calibre Library directory.

Jon, I have only seen a few mentions of people who have had permission issues with placing their calibre libraries in their home directory. The more likely case is where the calibre library is placed in their Documents directory synced to OneDrive. If you are having permission errors in your home directory, you really need to fix the issue. By default, a user has Full Control permission plus everything else checked on their home directory and those permissions are inherited by all subdirectories/files unless someone blocks inheritance.

See Default Home Folder Permissions for instance.