Problem starting calibre

Dan23 · 10-15-2008, 08:29 PM

Calibre blue screened while I was opening it. Only other nonbackground programs running were firefox, zoomplayer and x-chat at the time.
When I restarted my computer calibre would not start. In Task Manager calibre.exe would appear briefly and then disappear
I uninstalled calibre and renamed the directory where my books were. Then I reinstalled calibre. It still would not start.
(I had and then reinstalled calibre 0.4.9.5)
Any suggestions?
Thanks

kovidgoyal · 10-15-2008, 08:53 PM

there's an entry in the FAQ on what to do when calibre doesn't start

Dan23 · 10-15-2008, 09:47 PM

Thanks
Run as administrator worked.
However, my current username is administrator level. How come it no longer works for my current username especially since it did so previously?

kovidgoyal · 10-15-2008, 09:49 PM

You probably need to change the permission of the library folder and all files in it so that your user has read/write access to them

10-15-2008, 08:29 PM	#1
Dan23 Connoisseur Posts: 73 Karma: 600000 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: Scribe, Paperwhite 6.8"	Problem starting calibre Calibre blue screened while I was opening it. Only other nonbackground programs running were firefox, zoomplayer and x-chat at the time. When I restarted my computer calibre would not start. In Task Manager calibre.exe would appear briefly and then disappear I uninstalled calibre and renamed the directory where my books were. Then I reinstalled calibre. It still would not start. (I had and then reinstalled calibre 0.4.9.5) Any suggestions? Thanks

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10-15-2008, 08:53 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,160 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	there's an entry in the FAQ on what to do when calibre doesn't start

10-15-2008, 09:47 PM	#3
Dan23 Connoisseur Posts: 73 Karma: 600000 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: Scribe, Paperwhite 6.8"	Thanks Run as administrator worked. However, my current username is administrator level. How come it no longer works for my current username especially since it did so previously?

10-15-2008, 09:49 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,160 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You probably need to change the permission of the library folder and all files in it so that your user has read/write access to them