Interesting issue

MrKoffee · 01-14-2015, 11:12 PM

Started yesterday. If I click in the body of the calibre window I can no longer click the minimize, maximize, or exit buttons on the title bar. I also can no longer drag the window around by the title bar. I have to minimize calibre by clicking on the icon in the windows taskbar and then restore by clicking on the same icon again before being able to interact with the buttons or title bar dragging.

updated to the latest (2.16) today but still have same problem

running Calibre 64 on a Windows 7 Pro box (16 GB Ram)

Gone through the freezing and crashing faq but nothing seemed to apply.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks in advanced.

theducks · 01-14-2015, 11:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrKoffee

Started yesterday. If I click in the body of the calibre window I can no longer click the minimize, maximize, or exit buttons on the title bar. I also can no longer drag the window around by the title bar. I have to minimize calibre by clicking on the icon in the windows taskbar and then restore by clicking on the same icon again before being able to interact with the buttons or title bar dragging.

updated to the latest (2.16) today but still have same problem

running Calibre 64 on a Windows 7 Pro box (16 GB Ram)

Gone through the freezing and crashing faq but nothing seemed to apply.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks in advanced.

Fresh download (no download managers)
Uninstall, (reboot) Install the fresh version

W7 (64) works fine here

BetterRed · 01-15-2015, 02:02 AM

@MrKoffee

theducks & make sure you download from ==>> http://calibre-ebook.com/download

Can you min, max and restore with the Alt/Space menu, that's 'alt/space N', 'alt/space X" and 'alt/space R' respectively ?

Have you tried installing the 32bit version ?

BR

MrKoffee · 01-15-2015, 04:29 PM

the reboot is what I missed. had uninstalled/re-installed and still had the problem. Thanks to theducks and BetterRed for the help

\o/

BetterRed · 01-15-2015, 04:48 PM

@MrKoffee - the reboot shouldn't be necessary, a calibre install doesn't do anything that would require reboot - if it happens again then something weird is happening on your system.

BR

theducks · 01-15-2015, 05:04 PM

The reboot is just to be safe and clear anything hanging around.

It is not supposed

to be needed... But never hurts

BetterRed · 01-15-2015, 05:45 PM

Yeah, but in the case of calibre, if the problem persists then something is broken or something is interfering with the install - malware maybe.

Much of the software that asks the user to do a restart after an install only does so on order to make the software appear to be more sophisticated than it actually is - i.e. the vendor is engaging in sophistry. Same with 'close all other programs', if MS can install OS patches while I'm still using the system then...

BR

01-14-2015, 11:12 PM	#1
MrKoffee Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2015 Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 (SM-T520)	Interesting issue Started yesterday. If I click in the body of the calibre window I can no longer click the minimize, maximize, or exit buttons on the title bar. I also can no longer drag the window around by the title bar. I have to minimize calibre by clicking on the icon in the windows taskbar and then restore by clicking on the same icon again before being able to interact with the buttons or title bar dragging. updated to the latest (2.16) today but still have same problem running Calibre 64 on a Windows 7 Pro box (16 GB Ram) Gone through the freezing and crashing faq but nothing seemed to apply. Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks in advanced.

01-15-2015, 05:45 PM	#7
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,715 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Yeah, but in the case of calibre, if the problem persists then something is broken or something is interfering with the install - malware maybe. Much of the software that asks the user to do a restart after an install only does so on order to make the software appear to be more sophisticated than it actually is - i.e. the vendor is engaging in sophistry. Same with 'close all other programs', if MS can install OS patches while I'm still using the system then... BR Last edited by BetterRed; 01-15-2015 at 05:52 PM.

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01-15-2015, 02:02 AM	#3
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,715 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@MrKoffee theducks & make sure you download from ==>> http://calibre-ebook.com/download Can you min, max and restore with the Alt/Space menu, that's 'alt/space N', 'alt/space X" and 'alt/space R' respectively ? Have you tried installing the 32bit version ? BR

01-15-2015, 04:29 PM	#4
MrKoffee Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2015 Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 (SM-T520)	the reboot is what I missed. had uninstalled/re-installed and still had the problem. Thanks to theducks and BetterRed for the help \o/

01-15-2015, 04:48 PM	#5
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,715 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@MrKoffee - the reboot shouldn't be necessary, a calibre install doesn't do anything that would require reboot - if it happens again then something weird is happening on your system. BR

01-15-2015, 05:04 PM	#6
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,037 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	The reboot is just to be safe and clear anything hanging around. It is not supposed to be needed... But never hurts

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