Calibre won't launch properly W11

Flutteryshy · 09-09-2023, 01:51 PM

I'm on Windows 11 and last week Calibre 6.25 worked just fine. I tried to open it Thursday and it appears it would launch, but the window would never fully open. I tried the alt-tab over to it, etc, but it would never open. I uninstalled, reinstalled, restarted: nothing. Friday had the update 6.26 and it did not fix the problem. Uninstalled and reinstalled a few more times, ran CCleaner, did the calibre-debug --default-programs unregister, deleted a bunch of keys in the registry, deleted folders and whatnot and still nothing. I have another user profile on this computer and it launches perfectly there, so clearly there's something I'm missing here on this profile. Turned off my AV/firewall (Webroot). Tried launching in airplane mode. Nada zilch zippo.

My debug looks like this:

Quote:

calibre 6.26 embedded-python: True
Windows-10-10.0.22621-SP0 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '10', '10.0.22621')
Python 3.10.1
Windows: ('10', '10.0.22621', 'SP0', 'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: None
Successfully initialized third party plugins:
QPA platform: windows
devicePixelRatio: 1.0
logicalDpi: 96.0 x 96.0
physicalDpi: 106.38743455497382 x 106.82242990654204
ApplicationPaletteChange event ignored
Using calibre Qt style: True
ApplicationPaletteChange event received
[0.00] Starting up...
[0.01] Showing splash screen...
[0.17] splash screen shown
[0.17] Initializing db...
[0.17] db initialized
[0.17] Constructing main UI...
[0.62] main UI initialized...
[0.62] Hiding splash screen
Starting QuickView
[0.80] splash screen hidden
[0.81] Started up in 0.81 seconds with 31 books

And I've searched here and haven't found anything new after I tried everything suggested in other threads. Once a few years ago I totally broke it (it crashed when I was doing something that overtaxed it and wouldn't open again) and I had to do a total strip of every shred of evidence of Calibre's existence and then it finally worked. But it *did* eventually work. This time it doesn't seem to. So, what do I do now? Do I uninstall again and registry clean up again and make sure I got it all? I'm at a total loss if that doesn't work. I don't think I changed anything from the day it worked to the day it didn't, but clearly something else updated in the background that messed Calibre up. Other than switching profiles, which would be a huge pain I would hate, anyone have any ideas?

theducks · 09-09-2023, 02:33 PM

It may be on a (Missing) second monitor.
Is there a 'calibre' on the taskbar?
Click it to make it the active window: Alt-spacebar: M
Now tap the Left arrow a number of times (lost Off to the right is most common). Did it come onto the screen? finish positioning: enter

JSWolf · 09-10-2023, 05:27 AM

calibre 6.26.0 does work with Windows 11. I'm running it on my laptop that runs Windows 11.

Flutteryshy · 09-10-2023, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

It may be on a (Missing) second monitor.
Is there a 'calibre' on the taskbar?
Click it to make it the active window: Alt-spacebar: M
Now tap the Left arrow a number of times (lost Off to the right is most common). Did it come onto the screen? finish positioning: enter

ooooo o oooo! It's doing *something*! I did try this yesterday but I think your instructions were more clear and it's actually doing something! It's not working but my system has been weird today so I'll keep fiddling with it for a bit but I have more of a window than I've had in a few days!

OH! Hey there it is! I thought it was stuck and I was about to force close and relaunch! I am definitely copy/pasting your reply and saving it in my book editing notes txt file. I never would have thought to try this on my own but for the threads here because I only have one monitor and I ignore "second monitor" solutions. But if somehow it *thinks* I have a second and I don't, I shouldn't ignore second monitor solutions.

Thank you so much!

DNSB · 09-10-2023, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flutteryshy

But if somehow it *thinks* I have a second and I don't, I shouldn't ignore second monitor solutions.

I've had several programs that have decided to act as if they were on a second monitor on computers that had only one monitor attached. So, yes, if something opens off screen, it can be on a second monitor or the starting position for the windows is off screen.

theducks · 09-10-2023, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

I've had several programs that have decided to act as if they were on a second monitor on computers that had only one monitor attached. So, yes, if something opens off screen, it can be on a second monitor or the starting position for the windows is off screen.

It could do that if it thought you had a verrrry hi resolution monitor for a short period, then things got sane but the value was already saved
1920 is wide enough for me

(I have seen some of those ultra wide, curved Game monitors

)

Quoth · 09-10-2023, 02:30 PM

Or if you have multiple workspaces (an option even on XP). Calibre seems to open on whatever is the current workspace, but Chromium opens on whatever workspace it was last opened on, which gives the illusion of it not opening.

All sorts of weird stuff can happen, like if a power glitch as you move or close a window.

BetterRed · 09-10-2023, 07:06 PM

On Windows 10 you can retrieve hidden windows via the Taskbar context menu->Cascade windows option - which is a darn sight easier than hit-or-miss moving of something you can't even see via the keyboard arrow keys.

Apparently the Cascade feature is absent on the Windows 11 Taskbar, with no obvious replacement Ψ³

BR

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09-09-2023, 02:33 PM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,062 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	It may be on a (Missing) second monitor. Is there a 'calibre' on the taskbar? Click it to make it the active window: Alt-spacebar: M Now tap the Left arrow a number of times (lost Off to the right is most common). Did it come onto the screen? finish positioning: enter

09-10-2023, 05:27 AM	#3
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,758 Karma: 145864619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	calibre 6.26.0 does work with Windows 11. I'm running it on my laptop that runs Windows 11.

09-10-2023, 02:30 PM	#7
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,045 Karma: 105092227 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Or if you have multiple workspaces (an option even on XP). Calibre seems to open on whatever is the current workspace, but Chromium opens on whatever workspace it was last opened on, which gives the illusion of it not opening. All sorts of weird stuff can happen, like if a power glitch as you move or close a window.

09-10-2023, 07:06 PM	#8
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,729 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	On Windows 10 you can retrieve hidden windows via the Taskbar context menu->Cascade windows option - which is a darn sight easier than hit-or-miss moving of something you can't even see via the keyboard arrow keys. Apparently the Cascade feature is absent on the Windows 11 Taskbar, with no obvious replacement Ψ³ BR

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