Secrets I have found from braking Calibre

lrcbns · 12-19-2024, 09:28 PM

I am an expert at accidentally braking programs. As a noob it took me about 3 days. Took me about a day to find the fix but also find some other things.
Granted to make portability work well, If you uninstall Calibre your settings DO NOT get deleted. I uninstalled Calibre with Revouninstaller thinking that would help fix things. No my settings were still there. Never had the time to make changes because it would crash again.
Come to find out there was a not enough room problem. But the problem hit 2 different places. One is the temp folder. That is where most of the converting happens. Get a crash and that old folder stays and a new one is crated compounding your lack of room problems. Second spot is in the library itself. A hidden trash folder is crated so that if you change your mind it goes there to retrieve it. Makes sense except if you run out of room on that drive. That is also the place that is used to put zip work if you import one with a loot of books in it. My issue came because of lack of room on 2 drives. It was not until I cleaned out both places that I could than have a working Calibre.
I understand why things are setup the way they are, but in my case where I ran out of space on 2 different drives because how Calibre handles things, I ran into a constant crash loop that would not give me a chance at finding out where I went wrong.

Karellen · 12-19-2024, 09:34 PM

While I understand the frustration this problem has caused you, the real problem is running a pc with storage filled almost to capacity. Isn't that a bit like driving your car on the verge of empty, and only adding a litre or two of fuel when critical.

I don't really see how Calibre could be changed to accommodate your use case.

PeterT · 12-19-2024, 11:44 PM

The caltrash you control.

In the calibre interface click on the arrow besides the Remove Books option in the menu bar and select Restore Recently deleted. Here you can indicate after how many days to empty the trash, or whether to just delete selected books.

lrcbns · 12-31-2024, 08:06 AM

Thanks PeterT. Something new to remember.
Clear the books!

12-19-2024, 09:28 PM	#1
lrcbns Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 34468 Join Date: Dec 2024 Device: none	Secrets I have found from braking Calibre I am an expert at accidentally braking programs. As a noob it took me about 3 days. Took me about a day to find the fix but also find some other things. Granted to make portability work well, If you uninstall Calibre your settings DO NOT get deleted. I uninstalled Calibre with Revouninstaller thinking that would help fix things. No my settings were still there. Never had the time to make changes because it would crash again. Come to find out there was a not enough room problem. But the problem hit 2 different places. One is the temp folder. That is where most of the converting happens. Get a crash and that old folder stays and a new one is crated compounding your lack of room problems. Second spot is in the library itself. A hidden trash folder is crated so that if you change your mind it goes there to retrieve it. Makes sense except if you run out of room on that drive. That is also the place that is used to put zip work if you import one with a loot of books in it. My issue came because of lack of room on 2 drives. It was not until I cleaned out both places that I could than have a working Calibre. I understand why things are setup the way they are, but in my case where I ran out of space on 2 different drives because how Calibre handles things, I ran into a constant crash loop that would not give me a chance at finding out where I went wrong.

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12-19-2024, 09:34 PM	#2
Karellen Wizard Posts: 1,611 Karma: 9500498 Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2	While I understand the frustration this problem has caused you, the real problem is running a pc with storage filled almost to capacity. Isn't that a bit like driving your car on the verge of empty, and only adding a litre or two of fuel when critical. I don't really see how Calibre could be changed to accommodate your use case.

12-19-2024, 11:44 PM	#3
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,528 Karma: 78910202 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	The caltrash you control. In the calibre interface click on the arrow besides the Remove Books option in the menu bar and select Restore Recently deleted. Here you can indicate after how many days to empty the trash, or whether to just delete selected books.

12-31-2024, 08:06 AM	#4
lrcbns Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 34468 Join Date: Dec 2024 Device: none	Thanks PeterT. Something new to remember. Clear the books!

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