Dealing with Kindle for PC/Mac 1.19 and KFX in calibre

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Rahm

Yesterday, KindleforPC V 1.15.0 stopped downloading AZW3 and changed the library to AZW

I uninstalled and reinstalled.

I opted no updates

I changed renderer-test.exe to renderer-test.xxx

I don't know my next step with this WIN 10 machine

Download and install 1.17.

[Rahm]

On WIN10
k4pc version 1.15
Unchecked box to automaticall upgrade
renderer-text.xxx
I don't know my next step

[jhowell]

Originally Posted by Rahm

On WIN10
k4pc version 1.15
Unchecked box to automaticall upgrade
renderer-text.xxx
I don't know my next step

Kindle for PC will update itself even if you select the option to not update. See the section "Preventing undesired updates" in the first post of this thread for instructions on how to prevent that.

[lkmiller]

Currently the oldest working version of Kindle for PC is 1.17. As jhowell said, see the first post for preventing updates. On 1.17, there's no need to worry about preventing KFX downloads with method 2. Once you're back to 1.17, the next step would be redownloading your books.

[Rahm]

V 1.17 did not help
renderer-test changed to renderer-test.xxx

[Rahm]

This was true until last week

Now, V 1.17 no longer downloads AZW2

V 1.17 downloads AZW

Now V 1.17 changes all the folder Kindle_Content to AZW

[Rahm]

Automatic updates was unchecked

[Sirtel]

It's normal for the books in the Kindle for PC folder to be AZW. What happens when you import those AZW files into Calibre?

[jhowell]

Originally Posted by Rahm

V 1.17 did not help
renderer-test changed to renderer-test.xxx

I suggest starting Kindle for PC and checking Help -> About Kindle to verify that you are actually running version 1.17.

renderer-test is not part of Kindle for PC version 1.17. It is probably left over from when the program updated itself to a later version. Once you have verified that you actually have version 1.17 then you can leave it or just delete it.

Kindle for PC version 1.17 will download books in the My Kindle Content folder. If you see books in subfolders then those were downloaded by a later version of Kindle for PC.

[AndyH0157]

I've been using Kindle version 1.17 as recommended on this forum for a while now.
Unfortunately, I have had to swap computers and installed 1.17 onto the new one. When I tried to sign in using my Amazon ID and password Amazon locked my account. I could not reset the password to unlock and had to telephone Amazon support.
They informed me that their system will no longer recognise sign-ins from old versions of Kindle software and you have to download the latest version from their website. It only appears to lock you out when you do a fresh sign in as the old software is still running and logged in on my old computer. Unfortunately this is virtually unusable due to problems with the system.
Does anyone have any suggestion as to how I can download using latest amazon version and still be able to access the file to convert it to mobi format using my ePubToolbox software that I purchased?

[jhowell]

Originally Posted by AndyH0157

Unfortunately, I have had to swap computers and installed 1.17 onto the new one. When I tried to sign in using my Amazon ID and password Amazon locked my account. I could not reset the password to unlock and had to telephone Amazon support.
They informed me that their system will no longer recognise sign-ins from old versions of Kindle software and you have to download the latest version from their website. It only appears to lock you out when you do a fresh sign in as the old software is still running and logged in on my old computer. Unfortunately this is virtually unusable due to problems with the system.

That is interesting. Others have reported problems with signing in to version 1.17. This is the first time I have heard of an account being locked.

Originally Posted by AndyH0157

Does anyone have any suggestion as to how I can download using latest amazon version and still be able to access the file to convert it to mobi format using my ePubToolbox software that I purchased?

You can't. The latest version from Amazon is 1.36.0, which does not provide usable files.

The newest version of Kindle for PC that can be used for your purpose is 1.34.1. See method 2A in the first post in this thread. Hopefully that version can still be registered. The first post also has instructions on finding and verifying old versions of the Kindle software.

[lkmiller]

Just did a fresh install of Kindle for PC 1.17 and was able to login without any issue. A few months ago I had to reinstall Kindle for PC 1.17 on another pc and was unable to login, the fix was to delete the registry key folder HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Amazon.

[Rahm]

K4PF v 1.17 now downloads AZW

All Three Checksums are Correct

All Books in Folder Changed from AZW3 to AZW

I Don't Know my Next Step to Get only AZW3

[Lief]

Originally Posted by Rahm

K4PF v 1.17 now downloads AZW

All Three Checksums are Correct

All Books in Folder Changed from AZW3 to AZW

I Don't Know my Next Step to Get only AZW3

just import the AZW into Calibre it will turn them into AZW3 (not sure if you need DeDRM).

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Rahm

K4PF v 1.17 now downloads AZW

All Three Checksums are Correct

All Books in Folder Changed from AZW3 to AZW

I Don't Know my Next Step to Get only AZW3

Just ignore the file extension. Most of those eBooks will be KF8 format.