installation error message

andreapitt · 11-17-2010, 12:03 PM

I have tried installing calibre but just get the following error message when trying to set up a calibre library. i have re installed but still get the same. Help

ERROR: Bad database location: Bad database location u'C:\\Documents and Settings\\Name\\My Documents\\Andrea\\calibre'. Will start with a new, empty calibre library

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\main.py", line 205, in initialize_db
File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 154, in __init__
File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 124, in connect
WindowsError: [Error 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: u'C:\\Documents and Settings\\Name\\My Documents\\Andrea\\calibre\\metadata.db'

theducks · 11-17-2010, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andreapitt

I have tried installing calibre but just get the following error message when trying to set up a calibre library. i have re installed but still get the same. Help

ERROR: Bad database location: Bad database location u'C:\\Documents and Settings\\Name\\My Documents\\Andrea\\calibre'. Will start with a new, empty calibre library

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\main.py", line 205, in initialize_db
File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 154, in __init__
File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 124, in connect
WindowsError: [Error 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: u'C:\\Documents and Settings\\Name\\My Documents\\Andrea\\calibre\\metadata.db'

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andreapitt · 11-17-2010, 01:08 PM

No it doesn't

MLR · 11-17-2010, 02:16 PM

I'm also getting an error message when trying to setup a calibre library:

ERROR: Bad database location: Bad database location u'C:/Documents and Settings/Owner/My Documents'. calibre will now quit.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\main.py", line 191, in initialize_db_stage2
File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 154, in __init__
File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 124, in connect
WindowsError: [Error 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: u'C:/Documents and Settings/Owner/My Documents\\metadata.db'

kovidgoyal · 11-17-2010, 02:56 PM

reboot, then start calibre from the command line as

calibre.exe --with-library "c:\path\to\some empty folder"

kili0fi · 11-20-2010, 04:14 PM

Hi, i'm getting similar error.
ERROR: Bad database location: Bad database location 'C:\\Users\\User\\Calibre Library'. Will start with a new, empty calibre library

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\main.py", line 205, in initialize_db
File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 129, in __init__
File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 99, in connect
WindowsError: [Error 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: 'C:\\Users\\User\\Calibre Library\\metadata.db'
The version is 0.7.29. Windows is 7.
Occurs after reboot, reinstall, after removing calibre directory in appdata\Roaming and with --with-library
I watched with sysinternals procmon, what calibre does. It actually can create the file metadata.db, write and close. But when doing something after first use in the process, it fails. The real windows error is "sharing violation". It seems to occur when the program does CreateFile with options read_attributes+delete. Earlier it does successfully CreateFile with only read_atributes. Note that the code may call something else, like open, but eventually they turn to CreateFile calls.

kovidgoyal · 11-20-2010, 09:02 PM

Then you have some other program simultaneously accessing the metadata.db file, most probably security software.

11-17-2010, 12:03 PM	#1
andreapitt Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: kindle	installation error message I have tried installing calibre but just get the following error message when trying to set up a calibre library. i have re installed but still get the same. Help ERROR: Bad database location: Bad database location u'C:\\Documents and Settings\\Name\\My Documents\\Andrea\\calibre'. Will start with a new, empty calibre library Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\main.py", line 205, in initialize_db File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 154, in __init__ File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 124, in connect WindowsError: [Error 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: u'C:\\Documents and Settings\\Name\\My Documents\\Andrea\\calibre\\metadata.db'

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11-17-2010, 01:08 PM	#3
andreapitt Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: kindle	No it doesn't

11-17-2010, 02:16 PM	#4
MLR Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle 2	I'm also getting an error message when trying to setup a calibre library: ERROR: Bad database location: Bad database location u'C:/Documents and Settings/Owner/My Documents'. calibre will now quit. Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\main.py", line 191, in initialize_db_stage2 File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 154, in __init__ File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 124, in connect WindowsError: [Error 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: u'C:/Documents and Settings/Owner/My Documents\\metadata.db'

11-17-2010, 02:56 PM	#5
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	reboot, then start calibre from the command line as calibre.exe --with-library "c:\path\to\some empty folder"

11-20-2010, 04:14 PM	#6
kili0fi Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle PC	Hi, i'm getting similar error. ERROR: Bad database location: Bad database location 'C:\\Users\\User\\Calibre Library'. Will start with a new, empty calibre library Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\main.py", line 205, in initialize_db File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 129, in __init__ File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 99, in connect WindowsError: [Error 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: 'C:\\Users\\User\\Calibre Library\\metadata.db' The version is 0.7.29. Windows is 7. Occurs after reboot, reinstall, after removing calibre directory in appdata\Roaming and with --with-library I watched with sysinternals procmon, what calibre does. It actually can create the file metadata.db, write and close. But when doing something after first use in the process, it fails. The real windows error is "sharing violation". It seems to occur when the program does CreateFile with options read_attributes+delete. Earlier it does successfully CreateFile with only read_atributes. Note that the code may call something else, like open, but eventually they turn to CreateFile calls.

11-20-2010, 09:02 PM	#7
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Then you have some other program simultaneously accessing the metadata.db file, most probably security software.

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