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Old Yesterday, 03:05 PM   #1
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Calibre installs shortcut, not program. Won't open.

I have tried the download several times, restarted my machine, and downloaded again. Every time, it downloads a 2KB shortcut, not a program. Clicking on it doesn't open anything. Tried the download from the alternate location. Same thing.
I am on a Windows 11 computer.
Any help is appreciated.
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I have tried the download several times, restarted my machine, and downloaded again. Every time, it downloads a 2KB shortcut, not a program. Clicking on it doesn't open anything. Tried the download from the alternate location. Same thing.
I am on a Windows 11 computer.
Any help is appreciated.
Download from the official website. https://calibre-ebook.com/download_windows
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A bit odd. When I go to calibre-ebook.com and click on the Download calibre button, it opens a page with various download options. I click on the Windows option and I get two download links. If I click on either the Download calibre 64-bit or Alternate download location button, I get a 212MB MSI file downloaded.

What browser are you using? Are you using a simple left-click to download or are you trying to right click and save link as or other option?
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