05-02-2013, 07:03 PM | #1 |
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Calibre install fails windows 8
Hi all,
I'm trying to install calibre 0.9.28.msi on a windows 8 laptop. It fails when it tries to install 3 links. One of the messages is Warning 1909. Could not create shortcut E-book viewer.lnk Verify that the destination folder exists and that you can access it. I've run the install from the cmd line to create a log file and the following is the part of the install log that I think is relevant. Can someone point out what's going wrong? Many thanks. Spoiler:
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05-02-2013, 11:56 PM | #2 |
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Looks like your computer has corrupted/missing start menu folders. If you cant fix those, then I suggest using calibre portable, it has no installer, so you should be able to workaround the issue.
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05-03-2013, 03:58 AM | #3 |
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Many thanks for the very quick reply. I'll look into that over the coming week.
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05-06-2013, 05:36 AM | #4 |
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I've repaired my windows 8 installation and now everything works. Many thanks.
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