I need to stop the "on device" folder

[Rellwood]

Having used Calibre for a while now, I was surprised to see a blue folder with a green downpointing arrow show up upon starting Calibre indicating the device folder. At first I was really surprised because I had only ever seen the on device folder only show as the device icon when it was plugged in.

I am thinking this has to do with my finally configuring my devices (3 Kindles) to Calibre, because now the folder is there upon startup every time. The only problem I have now is that I cannot make it go away. Every time I switch libraries it stops whatever I want to do to "get list of books on device". If I had only a few books it wouldn't be more than a minor annoyance, but as of now, it has been getting books for over 12 minutes and is only 65% done.

I have deleted the device drive info in the folder, I have restarted Calibre, I have restarted my computer, but it won't go away. This folder has made Calibre unusable if I have to wait 20 minutes every time I switch libraries or load Calibre.

PLEASE tell me how to get rid of it

[theducks]

Eject it

On Device is a status column for a CONNECTED device

If you set up a FOLDER device, you must use the Eject option on the Folder Device icon to stop it

[Rellwood]

I am always ejecting it, but it keeps coming back and won't eject until it loads up. How did I end up with this in the first place, and how can I get rid of it?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Rellwood

I am always ejecting it, but it keeps coming back and won't eject until it loads up. How did I end up with this in the first place, and how can I get rid of it?

That is not normal (fail to stay ejected)

YOU did it

Preferences: Tweaks: Auto_connect to folder
make th value read ='' <those are 2 single quotes

[Rellwood]

I have really, really, screwed up.

I thought that this "device folder" was actually the books on my device, and since the darn thing wouldn't go away, I decided that I should delete those files, since when I delete files off of my device nothing happens to the library.....see where I am going with this?

Yeah. All of them. Deleted.

Folder still turns up and still adds new books.

And I deleted some 3,000 books thinking that they were only on the device folder, and they were there because I put them there.

What can I do? I still have that folder, which wants to auto populate with everything I am sending in, and a library full of jpgs and opf files taunting me about their missing book files.

How can I get that damn folder to go away and stay away?

[Rellwood]

I am "fixing" the missing book formats in that Library Maintenance. I have no worries that the books are gone forever, you know I have many, many back ups. I am more concerned about the metadata. I'm thinking this is a good time as ever to make a new catalog to back up the metadata. I seriously am not in the mood to do a merge of 3000 books to keep the metadata.

[Rellwood]

auto-connect to folder didn't mean to automatically start at the folder I chose, upon starting? That's what I thought, that whenever I opened Calibre I would be opening it up to the library chosen....

Ok, going back to fix that now.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by Rellwood

auto-connect to folder didn't mean to automatically start at the folder I chose, upon starting? That's what I thought, that whenever I opened Calibre I would be opening it up to the library chosen....

Ok, going back to fix that now.

Calibre (desktop versions) remembers the last used Library.
Switch/create to specify new /change (or use the quick switch after the first use)

[MerlinMama]

Originally Posted by Rellwood

auto-connect to folder didn't mean to automatically start at the folder I chose, upon starting? That's what I thought, that whenever I opened Calibre I would be opening it up to the library chosen....

Ok, going back to fix that now.

If you want it to open on a particular virtual library, that option is in Preferences ->Behavior.