pocketbook 3 | acessins notes/highlights

dundundun2 · 01-04-2016, 03:14 PM

hello.

just got my new pocketbook 3 lux. I can't find anywhere how to get my highlights/notes of a certain book to my pc (like in a text file) , can't get to system folder either with all show hidden files thingy.

can someone help me? i believe there should be a way to get to them through usb.

p.s. sorry for misspelling tittle ( accessing notes / highlights )

dundundun2 · 01-05-2016, 09:37 AM

idk man, should have got all things right before you bought the thing

rkomar · 01-05-2016, 04:51 PM

It's true that you have to uncheck the "show hidden files" box in explorer before you see the system folder. Do you not see it after that? If you use the default app for reading epubs, the notes are saved in the system/config/Active Contents folder. You should be able to access the notes via USB.

dundundun2 · 01-05-2016, 07:37 PM

turns out, i had not only check "show hidden files" but uncheck " hide system files" so it looks good now, and yes i found where it saves highlights/notes. thank you very much.

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Originally Posted by rkomar

It's true that you have to uncheck the "show hidden files" box in explorer before you see the system folder. Do you not see it after that? If you use the default app for reading epubs, the notes are saved in the system/config/Active Contents folder. You should be able to access the notes via USB.

rkomar · 01-05-2016, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by dundundun2

turns out, i had not only check "show hidden files" but uncheck " hide system files" so it looks good now, and yes i found where it saves highlights/notes. thank you very much.

Why would they have two separate checkboxes for the same thing? Windows is a mystery.

Zetmolm · 01-06-2016, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by rkomar

Why would they have two separate checkboxes for the same thing? Windows is a mystery.

Because you can have hidden files that are not system files, and you can have system files that are not hidden.

rkomar · 01-06-2016, 03:24 AM

That sort of makes sense, but it still seems strange to me that files on an external device can be both hidden and system files by default when they shouldn't be either.

Zetmolm · 01-06-2016, 07:13 AM

I agree. But that is not a Windows issue but a decision PocketBook made.

rkomar · 01-06-2016, 01:01 PM

It is a Windows issue that any folder anywhere called "system" is assumed to hold system files and should be hidden from users by default (in two ways!). But I agree that PocketBook could have chosen a better name for the folder on the device, given that behaviour in Windows.

01-04-2016, 03:14 PM	#1
dundundun2 Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Latvia Device: nono	pocketbook 3 \| acessins notes/highlights hello. just got my new pocketbook 3 lux. I can't find anywhere how to get my highlights/notes of a certain book to my pc (like in a text file) , can't get to system folder either with all show hidden files thingy. can someone help me? i believe there should be a way to get to them through usb. p.s. sorry for misspelling tittle ( accessing notes / highlights )

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01-05-2016, 09:37 AM	#2
dundundun2 Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Latvia Device: nono	idk man, should have got all things right before you bought the thing

01-05-2016, 04:51 PM	#3
rkomar Wizard Posts: 2,986 Karma: 18343081 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	It's true that you have to uncheck the "show hidden files" box in explorer before you see the system folder. Do you not see it after that? If you use the default app for reading epubs, the notes are saved in the system/config/Active Contents folder. You should be able to access the notes via USB.

01-06-2016, 03:24 AM	#7
rkomar Wizard Posts: 2,986 Karma: 18343081 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	That sort of makes sense, but it still seems strange to me that files on an external device can be both hidden and system files by default when they shouldn't be either.

01-06-2016, 07:13 AM	#8
Zetmolm Guru Posts: 612 Karma: 2031728 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: PocketBook Touch (622), PocketBook Touch Lux 2, Pocketbook Touch HD 3	I agree. But that is not a Windows issue but a decision PocketBook made.

01-06-2016, 01:01 PM	#9
rkomar Wizard Posts: 2,986 Karma: 18343081 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	It is a Windows issue that any folder anywhere called "system" is assumed to hold system files and should be hidden from users by default (in two ways!). But I agree that PocketBook could have chosen a better name for the folder on the device, given that behaviour in Windows.