creating a backup install - cusomisations not showing

cybmole · 02-07-2011, 08:39 AM

I have a main install in Windows 7 ( 64 bit) & have copied off of the app data folder.C:\Users\dad\AppData\Roaming\calibre

I set up calibre my backup install on win 95, see where calibre puts its app data, close it, & overwrite that app data with my source app data.

carefully did this several times but none of my customised columns & open with shortcuts are there. how do I trouble shoot this ?

what have I missed ?

is it because I've not done the calibre library folder ( with metadata.db) I just did program install, app data overwrite, then imported a few test books ?

itimpi · 02-07-2011, 08:55 AM

Some customisations (such as Custom Columns) are stored in the Calibre metadata database.

cybmole · 02-07-2011, 10:42 AM

I'd tried again & this time copied over my entire source library. I am still not seeing my custom columns. is it bacause I am going from win 7 to win xp or because I've done something stupid en-route.

I just want to test this little net book PC I've bought & don't want to have to spend ages setting it up in Win xp, as I may change the OS.
So on the netbook I close calibre, remove all app data & library data. copy on my source library & app data files from my main win 7 PC, put them carefully into win xp equivalent locations - , open calibre - finds the library OK but does not find the customisations.

Manichean · 02-07-2011, 11:21 AM

If you copied the library including the metadata.db over, you should be seeing your custom columns. Is there some error message?
What exactly do you mean by customizations? I think I've read somewhere that Calibre requires plugins to be installed, not copied over from the settings folder. Not sure about what other stuff you mean... Is Calibre actually using that folder? You can explicitly tell it where to go for configuration and such by using the methodology described here.

cybmole · 02-07-2011, 12:18 PM

after a lot of testing , it seems the plugins do have to be actually reinstalled.
maybe it's due to win 7 win xp path differences. I was not any of seeing my Open with... stuff

I had a mix of plugins, user defined columns & gen preferences eg. for conversion, fo screen layout...

One idee has bit the dust already _ I'd read of a nifty rotate utility for netbooks, so you could flip the screen into portrait mode for an ebook. BUT on my netbook the screen hinge does not allow the netbook to open to 180% so the idea is a non flyer., even though the eeerotate utility does it's thing well.

kindle for PC looks good on netbook in full screen landscape mode though. IT uses the real estate better than calibre viewer.

Starson17 · 02-07-2011, 03:11 PM

canceled

02-07-2011, 08:39 AM	#1
cybmole Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 1759970 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	creating a backup install - cusomisations not showing I have a main install in Windows 7 ( 64 bit) & have copied off of the app data folder.C:\Users\dad\AppData\Roaming\calibre I set up calibre my backup install on win 95, see where calibre puts its app data, close it, & overwrite that app data with my source app data. carefully did this several times but none of my customised columns & open with shortcuts are there. how do I trouble shoot this ? what have I missed ? is it because I've not done the calibre library folder ( with metadata.db) I just did program install, app data overwrite, then imported a few test books ? Last edited by cybmole; 02-07-2011 at 08:43 AM.

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02-07-2011, 08:55 AM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	Some customisations (such as Custom Columns) are stored in the Calibre metadata database.

02-07-2011, 10:42 AM	#3
cybmole Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 1759970 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	I'd tried again & this time copied over my entire source library. I am still not seeing my custom columns. is it bacause I am going from win 7 to win xp or because I've done something stupid en-route. I just want to test this little net book PC I've bought & don't want to have to spend ages setting it up in Win xp, as I may change the OS. So on the netbook I close calibre, remove all app data & library data. copy on my source library & app data files from my main win 7 PC, put them carefully into win xp equivalent locations - , open calibre - finds the library OK but does not find the customisations.

02-07-2011, 11:21 AM	#4
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	If you copied the library including the metadata.db over, you should be seeing your custom columns. Is there some error message? What exactly do you mean by customizations? I think I've read somewhere that Calibre requires plugins to be installed, not copied over from the settings folder. Not sure about what other stuff you mean... Is Calibre actually using that folder? You can explicitly tell it where to go for configuration and such by using the methodology described here.

02-07-2011, 12:18 PM	#5
cybmole Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 1759970 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	after a lot of testing , it seems the plugins do have to be actually reinstalled. maybe it's due to win 7 win xp path differences. I was not any of seeing my Open with... stuff I had a mix of plugins, user defined columns & gen preferences eg. for conversion, fo screen layout... One idee has bit the dust already _ I'd read of a nifty rotate utility for netbooks, so you could flip the screen into portrait mode for an ebook. BUT on my netbook the screen hinge does not allow the netbook to open to 180% so the idea is a non flyer., even though the eeerotate utility does it's thing well. kindle for PC looks good on netbook in full screen landscape mode though. IT uses the real estate better than calibre viewer.

02-07-2011, 03:11 PM	#6
Starson17 Wizard Posts: 4,004 Karma: 177841 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: WinMo: IPAQ; Android: HTC HD2, Archos 7o; Java:Gravity T	canceled

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