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Old 11-20-2016, 02:56 PM   #1
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I am running Calibre Portable 2.7.2.00 on my Windows 7 laptop & until today it has been working flawlessly for quite a few years.
No matter how I try to start it from desktop or file manager it refuses to load the program.

Do I have any options to get this running again or would it be easier to just install the install version & some how merge my setup into it?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you
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**Update**
What I ended up doing was extracting the settings folder from an older backup image I had and replaced the settings folder in the portable Calibre folder with it & now everything is working.
Something must of messed up the settings folder apparently.
What I have no idea.

Thank you to everyone who made suggestions.
Mark

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Old 11-20-2016, 03:34 PM   #2
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I am running Calibre Portable 2.7.2.00 on my Windows 7 laptop & until today it has been working flawlessly for quite a few years.
No matter how I try to start it from desktop or file manager it refuses to load the program.

Do I have any options to get this running again or would it be easier to just install the install version & some how merge my setup into it?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Mark
Is 'Portable' on an external drive? (USB device)

Any error messages?
Any calibre entries in you A/V logs? A/V gets frequent updates, some are ???
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Old 11-20-2016, 04:11 PM   #3
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Is 'Portable' on an external drive? (USB device)

Any error messages?
Any calibre entries in you A/V logs? A/V gets frequent updates, some are ???
It is on internal drive. I turned anti virus & firewall off temporary to see if it was the problem & it wasn't.

It worked fine yesterday. Weird!
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Old 11-20-2016, 04:16 PM   #4
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Any chance that either calibre portable or non portable is already running?
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Are you trying to launch calibre portable from a Shortcut? If so, navigate to the portible's folder and try launching the actual EXE file.

I've had (once) my AV (MS's) delete the main EXE in an incorrectly accused calibre build.

Another gambit would be to rename the Portable's folder, reboot, install a new copy, and launch the new one. If it launches successfully then quit and copy the Calibre Library folder out of the old renamed folder tree into the new one, replacing the default library and try launching again.
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@snoozer - if dwig's 'install a new copy' suggestion resolves the problem, you might want to also replace the Calibre Settings folder in the new install with the one from the old install. It has global customisations, tweaks, any plugins and associated configurations, mru lists etc etc.

Where exactly is Portable installed. If it's in %systemdrive%\Program Files or %systemdrive%\Program Files (x86) then that's probably not a good idea - those folders 'belong' to the Windows Installer. IMO its better to keep portable programs in a separate folder, I keep all mine in %systemdrive%\Portables.

I've come across various problems when other portable programs have been installed in one of Windows Installer's folders - Peazip and Rapid Environment Editor are two I can remember. System owners have often told me, 'But it's been there for years.', to which I reply, 'I know, but Windows Installer works in mysterious ways, so its best to keep out of its way.'

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