11-20-2009, 12:22 PM | #1 |
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Drag and drop onto eBook Library with Windows 7
Just got a new laptop running Windows 7, 64-bit Home Premium Edition.
eBook Library runs fine, with one peculiarity: I normally load books onto the Reader by doing a "drag and drop" from Windows Explorer onto the "Reader" icon in eBook Library. I don't seem to be able to do that with Windows 7 - when I drag a file from Explorer, the drop cursor remains a "forbidden" sign when it's over the Reader icon in eBook Library. Does anyone know if there's a fix for this? Obviously I can add files using the "Computer" navigator in eBL, but doing it directly from Windows Explorer is much more convenient. |
11-21-2009, 01:38 PM | #2 |
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Its problem with user rights?
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11-22-2009, 04:21 AM | #3 |
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Sorry, I'm not with you - can you elaborate, please?
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11-22-2009, 04:41 PM | #4 |
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HarryT, I just installed Windows 7, I'll try this out and see if I can find a workaround.
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11-22-2009, 07:53 PM | #5 |
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Success!
What you have to do is drag the files to the library icon that's in the left bar (see the attached image). Hope this helps |
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11-23-2009, 03:08 AM | #6 |
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That's exactly what I'm doing. Let me try it again...
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11-23-2009, 04:52 AM | #7 |
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It works fine now . I think the problem was that eBL wasn't registered as the default "handler" for eBook files at the time that I originally tried it. That's great - that was the last "issue" I had with using Windows 7.
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11-23-2009, 10:46 AM | #8 |
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Let me ask you something, Harry. Are you having any issues safely removing the reader? I can eject each of the daughter units (memory card, stick and internal memory) however the main unit (the reader itself) is not ejecting, has this ever happened to you?
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11-23-2009, 12:11 PM | #9 |
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No, not so far. I just click the "Eject" button on eBL and it dismounts. No problems at all.
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