Crash in Windows 10

[pdeep]

I just installed Calibre on my Windows 10 laptop. I can't get it to run. It crashes as soon as it launches. I tried both the 32 and 64 bit versions with the same results. Help please! I run Calibre on my Mac and find it hard to live without.

[theducks]

Yoy may have something corrupt is the configuration folder.
Since this is a new install.
1) Uninstall Calibre
2) delete the configuration folder (red) it usually is here (it may be hidden):
C:\Users\<logon name>\AppData\Roaming\calibre
Then reinstall Calibre.

BTW don't put the Library on a Cloud drive (backing up to the cloud, NOT Google drive) is OK when calibre is NOT running)

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by pdeep

I just installed Calibre on my Windows 10 laptop. I can't get it to run. It crashes as soon as it launches. I tried both the 32 and 64 bit versions with the same results. Help please! I run Calibre on my Mac and find it hard to live without.

Does it 'crash' with a message? Do you see the calibre startup splash?

If it's a calibre message you will have a copy to clipboard button, which you can post here, if its a popup message from Windows, post it as a screen shot.

BR

[pdeep]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Does it 'crash' with a message? Do you see the calibre startup splash?

If it's a calibre message you will have a copy to clipboard button, which you can post here, if its a popup message from Windows, post it as a screen shot.

BR

The startup splash loads but as soon as the main windows loads, it crashes within a second or two, if that long. There are no messages from Calibre or Windows. It just crashes and that's that.

[pdeep]

What happened was I had reset my computer with a new Windows 10 system. My Calibre library was on the D drive, untouched. So I pointed the new installation of Calibre at this folder. That apparently was causing the crash. I pointed it to a different, empty folder and am now importing the original Calibre library. Pointing Calibre to an existing library works fine on the Mac. Windows is a different story apparently. Thanks for your help everyone.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by pdeep

What happened was I had reset my computer with a new Windows 10 system. My Calibre library was on the D drive, untouched. So I pointed the new installation of Calibre at this folder. That apparently was causing the crash. I pointed it to a different, empty folder and am now importing the original Calibre library. Pointing Calibre to an existing library works fine on the Mac. Windows is a different story apparently. Thanks for your help everyone.

Pointing calibre at an existing library on Windows 10 works fine, I do it often.

Where was the original library located ?

BR

[theducks]

I have Libraries on 2 different drives, and sometimes I use a 3rd on a USB HD (passport drive). Calibre does not care as long as it is Local Attached.

[kovidgoyal]

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...s-occasionally

[pdeep]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Pointing calibre at an existing library on Windows 10 works fine, I do it often.

Where was the original library located ?

BR

It was in my OneDrive folder and even though I had it set to always be available locally, there were two book covers that were having permission problems and weren’t downloaded completely. I discovered this when I tried to copy the books over to another folder. Apparently those corrupted files were causing the crashes. Once I fixed them, everything worked great and my Calibre library stays current on my Macs and Windows computers by being stored on OneDrive. The corrupted files didn’t bother Calibre on the Mac but sure did on Windows. I believe the reason is the files were not corrupt locally on the Mac but became corrupted when uploaded. I’m happy it’s all resolved.

Even though this fix wasn’t mentioned specifically by the people in this group, the fix came around by reading the suggestions here, so I’m grateful for the help I received. Thanks everyone.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by pdeep

It was in my OneDrive folder and even though I had it set to always be available locally, there were two book covers that were having permission problems and weren’t downloaded completely. I discovered this when I tried to copy the books over to another folder. Apparently those corrupted files were causing the crashes. Once I fixed them, everything worked great and my Calibre library stays current on my Macs and Windows computers by being stored on OneDrive. The corrupted files didn’t bother Calibre on the Mac but sure did on Windows. I believe the reason is the files were not corrupt locally on the Mac but became corrupted when uploaded. I’m happy it’s all resolved.

Even though this fix wasn’t mentioned specifically by the people in this group, the fix came around by reading the suggestions here, so I’m grateful for the help I received. Thanks everyone.

Be careful with OneDrive. I used it once, but switched to Dropbox because OneDrive started to delete random books apparently of its own accord (I always paused syncing when Calibre was open, but even so). Run Library Maintenance regularly and always pause syncing while Calibre is open.

Of course it's entirely possible that you already know all this.