Having trouble opening up calibre despite debug saying there's no issues

olivetoop · 04-28-2024, 11:11 PM

Hello all, as you can see from the title, I can't open up calibre (more specifically, the graphical UI won't open. Also am using windows 10). When I try starting it, the window itself is invisible to me and using alt+tab doesn't bring up the window at all. From the debug console (window key+r > calibre-debug -g), it says the program was started up, but it simply isn't showing up visually.

I suspect it may have something to do with my graphics drivers, but I'm not sure. Can anyone help, please? Thank you!

Karellen · 04-28-2024, 11:27 PM

Can you try right-clicking on an empty spot on the task bar, and select "Cascade Windows".

Does that bring back the GUI?

olivetoop · 04-29-2024, 01:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karellen

Can you try right-clicking on an empty spot on the task bar, and select "Cascade Windows".

Does that bring back the GUI?

It does not unfortunately. From my alt+tab, it just appears as a white box and cascading the windows applies it to all the other tabs I have open except for calibre. I have an image attached below of what I see when I press alt+tab. Cascading doesn't show the UI, of course.

olivetoop · 04-29-2024, 01:36 AM

Sorry, here is a link to the image, if I may. https://imgur.com/a/xgjo0mt

Karellen · 04-29-2024, 08:45 PM

Can you try starting in Debug Mode and then pasting the error message here in a post.

On the Preferences icon, right click and select Restart in Debug Mode.

olivetoop · 04-30-2024, 04:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karellen

Can you try starting in Debug Mode and then pasting the error message here in a post.

On the Preferences icon, right click and select Restart in Debug Mode.

https://imgur.com/a/ZsUWAGv

I'm not too sure what you mean when you say to restart in debug mode. I can, however, give you what I see from running the debug command for calibre, if that helps.

olivetoop · 05-17-2024, 07:45 AM

Finally figured it out. To anyone who may be facing this issue where even the debug menu says that the program is running smoothly, you may need to go into the AppData folder (for both Local and LocalLow) and delete any calibre named folders.

04-28-2024, 11:11 PM	#1
olivetoop Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2024 Device: Windows 10	Having trouble opening up calibre despite debug saying there's no issues Hello all, as you can see from the title, I can't open up calibre (more specifically, the graphical UI won't open. Also am using windows 10). When I try starting it, the window itself is invisible to me and using alt+tab doesn't bring up the window at all. From the debug console (window key+r > calibre-debug -g), it says the program was started up, but it simply isn't showing up visually. I suspect it may have something to do with my graphics drivers, but I'm not sure. Can anyone help, please? Thank you!

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04-28-2024, 11:27 PM	#2
Karellen Wizard Posts: 1,355 Karma: 6794938 Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2	Can you try right-clicking on an empty spot on the task bar, and select "Cascade Windows". Does that bring back the GUI?

04-29-2024, 01:36 AM	#4
olivetoop Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2024 Device: Windows 10	Sorry, here is a link to the image, if I may. https://imgur.com/a/xgjo0mt

04-29-2024, 08:45 PM	#5
Karellen Wizard Posts: 1,355 Karma: 6794938 Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2	Can you try starting in Debug Mode and then pasting the error message here in a post. On the Preferences icon, right click and select Restart in Debug Mode.

05-17-2024, 07:45 AM	#7
olivetoop Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2024 Device: Windows 10	Finally figured it out. To anyone who may be facing this issue where even the debug menu says that the program is running smoothly, you may need to go into the AppData folder (for both Local and LocalLow) and delete any calibre named folders.