Help! Editor has stopped opening

lburg801 · 11-29-2020, 12:54 PM

I upgraded from win7 to win10 and because many of my ancient programs stopped working, reverted to win7. Before this, however, I had upgraded Calibre and so had to unistall it and install the 3.48 version. While editing a book, changes were slow to update and saving the file took a great deal of time. I exited the editor and calibre and restarted calibre. The editor would not open. I have since done an uninstall, reboot, install and even tried older versions, but am still unable to get the editor to work.

I am guessing there is something that is not erased in the uninstall that persists, but what?

theducks · 11-29-2020, 01:50 PM

Does the Editor show that it is running (taskbar or Task Manager)?
It may be lost OFF Screen.
Alt-Space M <arrow keys. Try left first>

JSWolf · 11-29-2020, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by lburg801

I upgraded from win7 to win10 and because many of my ancient programs stopped working, reverted to win7. Before this, however, I had upgraded Calibre and so had to unistall it and install the 3.48 version. While editing a book, changes were slow to update and saving the file took a great deal of time. I exited the editor and calibre and restarted calibre. The editor would not open. I have since done an uninstall, reboot, install and even tried older versions, but am still unable to get the editor to work.

I am guessing there is something that is not erased in the uninstall that persists, but what?

I didn't have any of the programs I used under Windows 7 stop working when I upgraded to Windows 10. I did have to upgrade some, but they worked. Did you check if those old programs had updates available? As for Calibre, you really do want Windows 10 even if it means some of your programs will no longer work because you will find more and more programs won't work under Windows 10 or you cannot get the newest versions. Windows 7 is not worth the hassle.

lburg801 · 12-04-2020, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I didn't have any of the programs I used under Windows 7 stop working when I upgraded to Windows 10. I did have to upgrade some, but they worked. Did you check if those old programs had updates available? As for Calibre, you really do want Windows 10 even if it means some of your programs will no longer work because you will find more and more programs won't work under Windows 10 or you cannot get the newest versions. Windows 7 is not worth the hassle.

I have software that is no longer made ... upgrades are not an option. It is a frustration. If I could, I would get a second computer for everyday use and just keep the antiquated programs on the laptop I have. Ah, well, I'll keep limping along for now.

lburg801 · 12-04-2020, 11:16 AM

The editor window eventually opened ... I don't know how long it took. I discovered it after posting this request for help.

I don't know if the problem was caused by downgrading to the older calibre ver, but another problem was definitely related ... I could not remove books from the library. The fix was via LibraryMaintenance/RestoreDatabase.

Thanks to all who responded!

11-29-2020, 12:54 PM	#1
lburg801 Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: none	Help! Editor has stopped opening I upgraded from win7 to win10 and because many of my ancient programs stopped working, reverted to win7. Before this, however, I had upgraded Calibre and so had to unistall it and install the 3.48 version. While editing a book, changes were slow to update and saving the file took a great deal of time. I exited the editor and calibre and restarted calibre. The editor would not open. I have since done an uninstall, reboot, install and even tried older versions, but am still unable to get the editor to work. I am guessing there is something that is not erased in the uninstall that persists, but what? Last edited by lburg801; 12-04-2020 at 11:10 AM. Reason: 2nd edit: Unrelated to the editor problem, but I did have to rebuild the databases after downgrading.

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,267 Karma: 61916422 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Does the Editor show that it is running (taskbar or Task Manager)? It may be lost OFF Screen. Alt-Space M <arrow keys. Try left first>

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lburg801 Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: none	The editor window eventually opened ... I don't know how long it took. I discovered it after posting this request for help. I don't know if the problem was caused by downgrading to the older calibre ver, but another problem was definitely related ... I could not remove books from the library. The fix was via LibraryMaintenance/RestoreDatabase. Thanks to all who responded!