Trying to upgrade Calibre to 2.20 having drive issues

psychobunni · 03-03-2015, 03:00 PM

Ok, when I started using Calibre I was using the E:/ drive on my computer. However, something happened to the drive and when I had it fixed, I transferred everything to another drive - F:/

Now my problem, while Calibre itself runs great off the F:/ drive, it WILL NOT upgrade. Every time I've tried it starts the installation wizard and then comes back with an error that says cannot install to E:/...how do I get the install wizard to install the upgrade on F:/ and not E:/???????

BetterRed · 03-03-2015, 08:08 PM

@psychobunni - you could use Windows Disk Manager to put it back to E:

This is one reason why it's not a good idea to put non-portable (installed) software on removable drives. Installed software is software that the Trusted Installer knows about, and that shows up Control Panel->Programs and Features. The location of installed software is recorded in the Windows registry, so by changing the drive letter you created a mismatch, and that's what causing the problem.

If you use the portable version of calibre you wont run into this issue.

BTW this is not a calibre issue as such - you control where software is installed, and Windows does the installing/upgrading - not calibre itself. The Welcome Wizard is about calibre library locations and ebook-reader devices.

BR

theducks · 03-03-2015, 09:31 PM

If your not faint of heart:
Regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\calibre\Installer
fix the drive letter shown in this key

REMEMBER, This is the Registry. Extreme care is needed

03-03-2015, 03:00 PM	#1
psychobunni Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2014 Device: Samsung Tablet	Trying to upgrade Calibre to 2.20 having drive issues Ok, when I started using Calibre I was using the E:/ drive on my computer. However, something happened to the drive and when I had it fixed, I transferred everything to another drive - F:/ Now my problem, while Calibre itself runs great off the F:/ drive, it WILL NOT upgrade. Every time I've tried it starts the installation wizard and then comes back with an error that says cannot install to E:/...how do I get the install wizard to install the upgrade on F:/ and not E:/???????

03-03-2015, 08:08 PM	#2
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,947 Karma: 30277294 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@psychobunni - you could use Windows Disk Manager to put it back to E: This is one reason why it's not a good idea to put non-portable (installed) software on removable drives. Installed software is software that the Trusted Installer knows about, and that shows up Control Panel->Programs and Features. The location of installed software is recorded in the Windows registry, so by changing the drive letter you created a mismatch, and that's what causing the problem. If you use the portable version of calibre you wont run into this issue. BTW this is not a calibre issue as such - you control where software is installed, and Windows does the installing/upgrading - not calibre itself. The Welcome Wizard is about calibre library locations and ebook-reader devices. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 03-03-2015 at 08:21 PM.

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,206 Karma: 60406678 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	If your not faint of heart: Regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\calibre\Installer fix the drive letter shown in this key REMEMBER, This is the Registry. Extreme care is needed