Problem with Kepub Reader/Writer syncing.

Chocky · 12-22-2015, 11:31 AM

Been asking for and receiving help with this on another thread, but I have been recommended to ask for help here.

Thread is at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...20#post3228420

Calibre is still doing it, sometimes it loads the latest plugins, sometimes loads one latest and one earlier, and sometimes both are the earlier versions.

kovidgoyal · 12-22-2015, 01:29 PM

You most likely have two or more installs of calibre on your computer. Search your entire computer for calibre.exe to confirm.

Chocky · 12-22-2015, 03:35 PM

Searched using search and only one copy, also searched using Programs and Features, only shows one copy.

BetterRed · 12-22-2015, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chocky

Searched using search and only one copy, also searched using Programs and Features, only shows one copy.

@Chocky - jgoguen suggested possible causes in the other thread to which you made no specific response

Quote:

Originally Posted by jgoguen

Whatever your problem is, it's not related to the plugins. The only thing I can think of that might cause this is if you're syncing your caliber configuration directory to Dropbox or SpiderOak or Copy or some similar service and something is going wrong with the sync process.

Are you synchronising the calibre configuration directory to a cloud service?

BR

Chocky · 12-22-2015, 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BetterRed

@Chocky - jgoguen suggested possible causes in the other thread to which you made no specific response

Are you synchronising the calibre configuration directory to a cloud service?

BR

I did respond.

"I've had a look at how to sync the Calibre configuration and I have not touched the "Environment Variables".

As far as I can see there is only a couple of entries to do with temp files, nothing to do with Calibre."

I do not really know anything about syncing the config to a cloud service, so cannot imagine I have actually done it.

BetterRed · 12-22-2015, 07:20 PM

@Chocky - most everything so far written (in the other thread) indicates something is 'interfering' at the file system level.

Do you use any of the cloud services (e.g. DropBox, iCloud, OneDrive, Google Drive etc etc) for anything else? Or anything like a continuous backup such as FreeFileSynch's RealTimeSync.

By default, calibre on Windows puts the folder that holds its configuration data within the %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming folder. It could be that a parent folder (e.g. AppData) is being synchronised to a cloud service. This might have been done unbeknownst to you by some other software product, some software developers blithely assume that there's is the only software in use.

davidfor's last post in the other thread has some good suggestions, a couple of simple changes you could make to see if they 'stick' are: add a couple of items to the main toolbar and adjust the "Extra spaces to add..." setting in Preferences->Look and Feel

Another thing to try would be to move the configuration data -- e.g. "C:\CalibreData\Configuration" -- and set the CALIBRE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY to refer to that location.

Added : another alternative, assuming you don't convert very large books would be to try calibre portable, its self contained.

BR

Chocky · 12-23-2015, 03:26 AM

Tried adding a column for "Modified" and that stayed whether or not two, one, or neither of the plugins were to the latest level.

So I renamed the configuration folder run the setup wizard, and reinstalled all the plugins.

So far, it loads the latest plugin version.

So thank you everyone for your all your help, I'm a happy bunny.

12-22-2015, 11:31 AM	#1
Chocky Addict Posts: 359 Karma: 162138 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kobo Touch	Problem with Kepub Reader/Writer syncing. Been asking for and receiving help with this on another thread, but I have been recommended to ask for help here. Thread is at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...20#post3228420 Calibre is still doing it, sometimes it loads the latest plugins, sometimes loads one latest and one earlier, and sometimes both are the earlier versions.

12-22-2015, 07:20 PM	#6
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,725 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@Chocky - most everything so far written (in the other thread) indicates something is 'interfering' at the file system level. Do you use any of the cloud services (e.g. DropBox, iCloud, OneDrive, Google Drive etc etc) for anything else? Or anything like a continuous backup such as FreeFileSynch's RealTimeSync. By default, calibre on Windows puts the folder that holds its configuration data within the %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming folder. It could be that a parent folder (e.g. AppData) is being synchronised to a cloud service. This might have been done unbeknownst to you by some other software product, some software developers blithely assume that there's is the only software in use. davidfor's last post in the other thread has some good suggestions, a couple of simple changes you could make to see if they 'stick' are: add a couple of items to the main toolbar and adjust the "Extra spaces to add..." setting in Preferences->Look and Feel Another thing to try would be to move the configuration data -- e.g. "C:\CalibreData\Configuration" -- and set the CALIBRE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY to refer to that location. Added : another alternative, assuming you don't convert very large books would be to try calibre portable, its self contained. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 12-22-2015 at 07:30 PM.

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12-22-2015, 01:29 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,349 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You most likely have two or more installs of calibre on your computer. Search your entire computer for calibre.exe to confirm.

12-22-2015, 03:35 PM	#3
Chocky Addict Posts: 359 Karma: 162138 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kobo Touch	Searched using search and only one copy, also searched using Programs and Features, only shows one copy.

12-23-2015, 03:26 AM	#7
Chocky Addict Posts: 359 Karma: 162138 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kobo Touch	Tried adding a column for "Modified" and that stayed whether or not two, one, or neither of the plugins were to the latest level. So I renamed the configuration folder run the setup wizard, and reinstalled all the plugins. So far, it loads the latest plugin version. So thank you everyone for your all your help, I'm a happy bunny.

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