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Can'r convert PDF
I'm using Calibre 1.48 on Windows XP. When I try to convert a PDF, I get the error message Failed:Convert Book 1 of 1 ([name]). The detail has the following error at the end:
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: u'C:\\DOCUME~1\\Ed\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\calibre_qvyjur \\t8yutd_plumber\\index.html' Can anyone help please? |
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Thanks for your reply Kovid. Unfortuantely, none of the listed causes applies here. Not an SD card or a device. PDF file is accessible by Everyone with full control - no owner is specified. The folder and file specified in the error doesn't exist - they're created by the system. PDF file is not open anywhere else, is not read-only and is not pending recovery. This fault has developed recently - I used to have no trouble with this. I tried rolling back to v1.47, but same outcome.
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A permission denied error comes from the operating system, so *something* on your OS is blocking calibre from accessing the file, you will have to figure out what that is.
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An additional tip, check in addition your running processes for your PDF Reader. Sometimes it happens that a program is already closed but some used processes still on delay and keep a file blocked.
I had similar problems with Acrobat DC (Win10) after one of the last updates when I often open and close PDF files in a short period of time. |
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@Ed Addis - try running calibre in Safe Mode with no network, nothing in startup, and no shell extensions - assuming that's still doable on XP
![]() You could also try giving calibre a dedicated temporary folder see ==>> CALIBRE_TEMP_DIR, I think that was available before 2.0. Another thing to try is Calibre Portable, it's self contained, hence less susceptible to interference from other programs. BR |
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