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07-25-2008, 05:56 AM | #1 | |
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Manual installation of eBook Library (Windows 2003, Vista64 etc) and Digital Editions
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1. Download the attached pim.zip and extact it somewhere 2. Edit the extracted pim.reg and change the path to the bin folder where you installed the eBook Library: Code:
"PIM_Path"="C:\\Program Files\\Sony\\Reader\\Data\\bin\\" 3. Double-click the .reg to import it into registry. 4. That's all! Now Digital Editions should see the Reader when you connect it. |
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08-18-2008, 03:31 PM | #2 |
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Oops...wrong thread. I've moved this to the right one.
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08-29-2008, 04:57 PM | #3 |
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I've done all of the above and the sony library works fine and can open / preview but ADE still fails to discover my PRS-505 (to allowing me to transfer the epub to my reader). Is there something that has to be done to force driver installation?
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08-29-2008, 06:08 PM | #4 |
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Check and recheck the PIM_Path variable... if PIM.dll is there it should work.
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08-31-2008, 06:22 PM | #5 |
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I have Sony Library running on a Vista 64 machine using the above procedure. Also did a new install of Adobe DE. However, I cannot get Adobe DE to recognize the 505 to register it. I double-checked the path, incl. the double slashes and final slashes, quotes, correct path, etc. And even restarted after installing the reg entry. Nothing shows up in Adobe DE when I plug in the Reader. Any thoughts???
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08-31-2008, 06:31 PM | #6 |
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Well, now that you mention it, I tried the procedure on Windows2003 which is 32-bit. Maybe the DLL doesn't work on 64 bit...
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08-31-2008, 06:43 PM | #7 |
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Any thoughts on a workaround? I'm off to the Adobe site in case there's an answer there. Library dl's would be very cool. Vista64 is not. (It's my sister's computer and new Reader, not mine!!)
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09-01-2008, 05:35 AM | #8 |
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I don't think Adobe will be of any help here since PIM.dll is provided by Sony. And Sony does not officially support eBook Library on x64...
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PIM.DLL is there and the path is correct. Is there something else I should try? Does the service need to be installed? |
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Ah, thanks for the clarification. I guess I'll bug Sony support then. I mean, Microsoft's OS issues aside, Sony's mainstream product *should* support a mainstream OS. (Waitaminute, forgot about the mac situation. ) I can't imagine it should be that difficult to support Vista 64. Adobe DE runs just fine...
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Microsoft makes is way too hard to get things working in x64 as far as drivers go so lots of companies just don't care if their software plays nice. Blame MS for that and also blame computer makers for including x64 and not giving a choice to get x32.
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Interesting thought, but would that work with dl'ing 'borrowed' e-books from a library service? Also, does the Adobe DE program run independently from the Sony Library, or does Library have to be present on a pc to have the DE program recognize the Reader? If the former, then it would be possible to *just* load the Adobe DE program on a work computer, and borrow library e-books on that computer (without installing Library or registering the work computer with the Sony account.) Would this work?
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Lost files
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I've found three threads on discussed topic within this forum. However, nobody mentioned about some files which were lost with this installation method. When we run the setup exe with the /a switch to extract its content we are getting three folders: Common LocalAppData program files For Win XP it is obvious where content of those three folders should be installed during a normal installation. For Vista x64 it is less obvious while still possible to figure out. However, nobody mentioned that finding a right place for those files is real necessity. Moreover, I believe nobody relocated discussed files during transferring installed eBook Library from Win x32 machine to Win x64 one. Yes, the program starts successfully as is but one of the ignored folders, namely Common, contains DLLs: msvcr70.dll SonySCSIHelperService.exe SonySCSIHelperServicePS.dll Does somebody know what it is and whether it is really unimportant parts of the software? |
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