Kindle for PC Problem

Catlady · 01-09-2021, 09:22 PM

I usually download Amazon books to my Kindle for PC, version 1.17.44183. Today I wanted to download a couple of freebie titles I purchased the other day, but Kindle for PC won't open, after repeated tries--I just get the little spinning circle, and then nothing. Except not really nothing, because when I tried to shut down and restart, Task Manager told me Kindle for PC was running. I did shut down and restart anyway.

After restart, I tried to uninstall--I can't, because again the PC thinks Kindle for PC is running, asks me if I want to close it, I click yes, and it asks me again. I tried to reinstall, and get an error message.

Any ideas of what might be going on and how to fix it? Thanks.

JSWolf · 01-09-2021, 09:49 PM

If you have a lot of eBooks downloaded, KindleForPC can be really slow to start.

I have 1507 eBooks in my KindleForPC eBook directory and yes, it is really slow to start.

Catlady · 01-10-2021, 01:10 PM

Problem solved. Though Task Manager wasn't showing Kindle for PC as a running application, it did show multiple times under processes. So I got rid of all the multiples, reinstalled Kindle for PC anyway, and was able to open the program with only the normal excruciating slowness.

01-09-2021, 09:22 PM	#1
Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,423 Karma: 52734361 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	Kindle for PC Problem I usually download Amazon books to my Kindle for PC, version 1.17.44183. Today I wanted to download a couple of freebie titles I purchased the other day, but Kindle for PC won't open, after repeated tries--I just get the little spinning circle, and then nothing. Except not really nothing, because when I tried to shut down and restart, Task Manager told me Kindle for PC was running. I did shut down and restart anyway. After restart, I tried to uninstall--I can't, because again the PC thinks Kindle for PC is running, asks me if I want to close it, I click yes, and it asks me again. I tried to reinstall, and get an error message. Any ideas of what might be going on and how to fix it? Thanks.

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01-09-2021, 09:49 PM	#2
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,740 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	If you have a lot of eBooks downloaded, KindleForPC can be really slow to start. I have 1507 eBooks in my KindleForPC eBook directory and yes, it is really slow to start.

01-10-2021, 01:10 PM	#3
Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,423 Karma: 52734361 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	Problem solved. Though Task Manager wasn't showing Kindle for PC as a running application, it did show multiple times under processes. So I got rid of all the multiples, reinstalled Kindle for PC anyway, and was able to open the program with only the normal excruciating slowness.

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