Book Designer and Windows 7

crutledge · 05-03-2010, 05:18 PM

Has anyone loaded and used Book Designer under the new Windows 7? Any problems? Is there any difference between the 32 bit system and the 64 bit?

My 15 year old HP pavilion Lap Top will eventually have to be replaced and I trying to decide the best way to go. Win XP would be my first choice but I can find no drivers that work with the new machines.

Thanks,Charlie

Shaggy · 05-03-2010, 05:40 PM

I run it under Windows 7 64-bit. There was an old thread around here with some tips/tricks for installing it on Vista, which pretty much applies to Windows 7 as well.

You don't want to install it into the C:\Program Files directories, but rather somewhere else. That'll help with permissions issues. There are also a couple libraries you need to register by hand from a command prompt running as Administrator. If you need to use PDFCreator, there is a trick for installing that as well.

It's all in the thread. I'll see if I can find it. I usually have to refer back to it whenever I need to re-install my system, so you'd think I would have it bookmarked by now. Oh well.

Shaggy · 05-03-2010, 05:47 PM

Here's one of the threads...

Look for a list of steps from "Chris", around post #15 I think.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13099

Madam Broshkina · 05-03-2010, 05:49 PM

Checkout the Wiki for Book Designer, it has a section on getting BD to work with Vista.

https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Book_Designer

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05-03-2010, 05:18 PM	#1
crutledge eBook FANatic Posts: 18,301 Karma: 16078357 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Alabama, USA Device: HP ipac RX5915 Wife's Kindle	Book Designer and Windows 7 Has anyone loaded and used Book Designer under the new Windows 7? Any problems? Is there any difference between the 32 bit system and the 64 bit? My 15 year old HP pavilion Lap Top will eventually have to be replaced and I trying to decide the best way to go. Win XP would be my first choice but I can find no drivers that work with the new machines. Thanks,Charlie

05-03-2010, 05:40 PM	#2
Shaggy Wizard Posts: 4,293 Karma: 529619 Join Date: May 2007 Device: iRex iLiad, DR800SG	I run it under Windows 7 64-bit. There was an old thread around here with some tips/tricks for installing it on Vista, which pretty much applies to Windows 7 as well. You don't want to install it into the C:\Program Files directories, but rather somewhere else. That'll help with permissions issues. There are also a couple libraries you need to register by hand from a command prompt running as Administrator. If you need to use PDFCreator, there is a trick for installing that as well. It's all in the thread. I'll see if I can find it. I usually have to refer back to it whenever I need to re-install my system, so you'd think I would have it bookmarked by now. Oh well.

05-03-2010, 05:47 PM	#3
Shaggy Wizard Posts: 4,293 Karma: 529619 Join Date: May 2007 Device: iRex iLiad, DR800SG	Here's one of the threads... Look for a list of steps from "Chris", around post #15 I think. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13099

05-03-2010, 05:49 PM	#4
Madam Broshkina Manic Do Fuse Posts: 2,312 Karma: 3325462 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Sony 500, 505, 350, Kindle 3, DXG, nook, Irex DR800SG, iPad	Checkout the Wiki for Book Designer, it has a section on getting BD to work with Vista. https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Book_Designer

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