Error Correcting Author Name

Apparition B5 · 11-20-2018, 01:16 PM

Several authors have multiple names in my authors list. For example, I have Michael Stackpole and Michael A. Stackpole. I have E. E. Smith, E. E. Doc Smith, and E. E. "Doc" Smith. When I try to correct "Michael Stackpole" in the left panel under authors to "Michael A. Stackpole," or "E. E. Smith" to "E. E. 'Doc' Smith", I'll receive an error message that a folder or folders couldn't be deleted. The corresponding eBooks are not open in Calibre nor another program. I'll take a look at the files, and indeed the folders are still there with the some of the book files themselves gone, while others remain and have not been copied to the correct author's name folder.

Is there any way to correct this issue?

theducks · 11-20-2018, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Apparition B5

Several authors have multiple names in my authors list. For example, I have Michael Stackpole and Michael A. Stackpole. I have E. E. Smith, E. E. Doc Smith, and E. E. "Doc" Smith. When I try to correct "Michael Stackpole" in the left panel under authors to "Michael A. Stackpole," or "E. E. Smith" to "E. E. 'Doc' Smith", I'll receive an error message that a folder or folders couldn't be deleted. The corresponding eBooks are not open in Calibre nor another program. I'll take a look at the files, and indeed the folders are still there with the some of the book files themselves gone, while others remain and have not been copied to the correct author's name folder.

Is there any way to correct this issue?

That issue indicates you have
1)permission problems caused by security settings / A/V <Whitelist Calibre and the Library
2)you are ACTIVELY syncing the library. Stop it while using Calibre
AND spend some time reading the official FAQ

Apparition B5 · 11-20-2018, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

That issue indicates you have
1)permission problems caused by security settings / A/V <Whitelist Calibre and the Library
2)you are ACTIVELY syncing the library. Stop it while using Calibre
AND spend some time reading the official FAQ

It's definitely not the second one. I will check into the first possible issue and the FAQ. Thank you!

theducks · 11-20-2018, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Apparition B5

It's definitely not the second one. I will check into the first possible issue and the FAQ. Thank you!

Something is blocking or Locking the folder.
By any chance did you simply have the book open in a viewer? (I would have expected the fail at the book delete level, not the folder level. Calibre copies, then deletes rather than a Move)

Apparition B5 · 11-21-2018, 06:05 PM

I whitelisted both the Calibre folder and the library folder in my ESET NOD32 anti-virus, and continued to receive the error.

I then whitelisted Calibre in the HitmanPro anti-malware, and still received the error.

I then disabled the HitmanPro anti-malware entirely, and it worked.

So, for anyone else that uses the HitmanPro anti-malware, it needs to be entirely disabled to edit the metadata in Calibre.

11-20-2018, 01:16 PM	#1
Apparition B5 Zealot Posts: 108 Karma: 2245322 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Device: Kindle Oasis 3 and iPad Air 5	Error Correcting Author Name Several authors have multiple names in my authors list. For example, I have Michael Stackpole and Michael A. Stackpole. I have E. E. Smith, E. E. Doc Smith, and E. E. "Doc" Smith. When I try to correct "Michael Stackpole" in the left panel under authors to "Michael A. Stackpole," or "E. E. Smith" to "E. E. 'Doc' Smith", I'll receive an error message that a folder or folders couldn't be deleted. The corresponding eBooks are not open in Calibre nor another program. I'll take a look at the files, and indeed the folders are still there with the some of the book files themselves gone, while others remain and have not been copied to the correct author's name folder. Is there any way to correct this issue?

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11-21-2018, 06:05 PM	#5
Apparition B5 Zealot Posts: 108 Karma: 2245322 Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Device: Kindle Oasis 3 and iPad Air 5	I whitelisted both the Calibre folder and the library folder in my ESET NOD32 anti-virus, and continued to receive the error. I then whitelisted Calibre in the HitmanPro anti-malware, and still received the error. I then disabled the HitmanPro anti-malware entirely, and it worked. So, for anyone else that uses the HitmanPro anti-malware, it needs to be entirely disabled to edit the metadata in Calibre.