Calibre won't load

[trumphodge]

I have an HP laptop with Windows 7. calibre ran fine until I loaded the new release today--the "wheel" spins a few seconds and disappears. No load of program. I tried again using the .exe command in Programs. Same result. Finally I Uninstalled and Re-installed--same result. The program shows as installed but won't load.

1. Have I lost all of my Genre, etc input by uninstalling?

2. How I can I get the program to load? I looked for forum answers first but couldn't relate any of them to my problem. I am not a programmer.

Very much appreciate any help. I can usually self-diagnose and fix this kind of problem but I am stumped.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by trumphodge

I have an HP laptop with Windows 7. calibre ran fine until I loaded the new release today--the "wheel" spins a few seconds and disappears. No load of program. I tried again using the .exe command in Programs. Same result. Finally I Uninstalled and Re-installed--same result. The program shows as installed but won't load.

1. Have I lost all of my Genre, etc input by uninstalling?

2. How I can I get the program to load? I looked for forum answers first but couldn't relate any of them to my problem. I am not a programmer.

Very much appreciate any help. I can usually self-diagnose and fix this kind of problem but I am stumped.

Your Library is intact (unless you went and messed with it directly )

When you re-installed. Did you delete the previous (damaged?) download and get a fresh copy?

[trumphodge]

I didn't mess with the library files, so that sounds OK.

I did Uninstall the existing version, then reinstalled from Calibre site.

I have since Uninstalled again and tried an earlier version--same result--the program appears to install but won't load.

[kovidgoyal]

http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq....ing-on-windows

[trumphodge]

Thank you. The combination of using a different browser for download and disabling anitvirus/firewall finally solved it.

[trumphodge]

Today when I try to open Calibre it won't open--the wheel spins a few seconds and stops. Nothing has changed except that there was a large update from Windows that loaded when I booted up this morning.

I experienced this problem in June after installing a new Calibre release. I messed around with uninstalling and reinstalling per the instructions in the Calibre FAQs and it finally worked.

Here is the debug info--appreciate any help. Was this new Windows release troublesome for others?

Spoiler:

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C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\pylib.zip\calibre\utils\ipython.pyo in ipython(u
ser_ns=None)
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\pylib.zip\calibre\utils\ipython.pyo in old_ipyth
on(user_ns={'IPShellEmbed': <class IPython.Shell.IPShellEmbed>, 'In': ['\n'], 'O
ut': {}, 'UC': u'\nimport IPython.ipapi\nip = IPython.ipapi.get...bose = 0\n
o.confirm_exit = 0\n\nmain()\n ', '__IP': <IPython.iplib.InteractiveShell obj
ect>, '__builtins__': <module '__builtin__' (built-in)>, '__name__': '__main__',
'_dh': [r'C:\Users\Patti'], '_ih': ['\n'], '_ip': <IPython.ipapi.IPApi object>,
...})
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\pylib.zip\IPython\Shell.pyo in __init__(self=<IP
ython.Shell.IPShellEmbed instance>, argv=None, banner='', exit_msg=None, rc_over
ride=None, user_ns={'IPShellEmbed': <class IPython.Shell.IPShellEmbed>, 'In': ['
\n'], 'Out': {}, 'UC': u'\nimport IPython.ipapi\nip = IPython.ipapi.get...bose =
0\n o.confirm_exit = 0\n\nmain()\n ', '__IP': <IPython.iplib.InteractiveS
hell object>, '__builtins__': <module '__builtin__' (built-in)>, '__name__': '__
main__', '_dh': [r'C:\Users\Patti'], '_ih': ['\n'], '_ip': <IPython.ipapi.IPApi
object>, ...})
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\pylib.zip\IPython\ipmaker.pyo in make_IPython(ar
gv=[u'ipython'], user_ns={'IPShellEmbed': <class IPython.Shell.IPShellEmbed>, 'I
n': ['\n'], 'Out': {}, 'UC': u'\nimport IPython.ipapi\nip = IPython.ipapi.get...
bose = 0\n o.confirm_exit = 0\n\nmain()\n ', '__IP': <IPython.iplib.Intera
ctiveShell object>, '__builtins__': <module '__builtin__' (built-in)>, '__name__
': '__main__', '_dh': [r'C:\Users\Patti'], '_ih': ['\n'], '_ip': <IPython.ipapi.
IPApi object>, ...}, user_global_ns=None, debug=1, rc_override=None, shell_class
=<class 'IPython.iplib.InteractiveShell'>, embedded=True, **kw={})
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\pylib.zip\IPython\iplib.pyo in pre_config_initia
lization(self=<IPython.iplib.InteractiveShell object>)
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Calibre2\pylib.zip\IPython\Extensions\pickle share.pyo in
__init__(self=PickleShareDB('C:\Users\Patti\AppDat a\Roaming\calibre\_ipython\db'
), root=u'C:\\Users\\Patti\\AppData\\Roaming\\calibre \\_ipython/db')
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TypeError: _isdir() takes exactly 1 argument (0 given)

************************************************** ********************

Oops, IPython crashed. We do our best to make it stable, but...

A crash report was automatically generated with the following information:
- A verbatim copy of the crash traceback.
- A copy of your input history during this session.
- Data on your current IPython configuration.

It was left in the file named:
'C:\Users\Patti\AppData\Roaming\calibre\_ipython\I Python_crash_report.tx
t'
If you can email this file to the developers, the information in it will help
them in understanding and correcting the problem.

You can mail it to: Fernando Perez at fperez.net@gmail.com
with the subject 'IPython Crash Report'.

If you want to do it now, the following command will work (under Unix):
mail -s 'IPython Crash Report' fperez.net@gmail.com < C:\Users\Patti\AppData\Roa
ming\calibre\_ipython\IPython_crash_report.txt

To ensure accurate tracking of this issue, please file a report about it at:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ipython/+filebug

Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\IPython\CrashHandler.py", line 157, in __call__
File "site-packages\IPython\CrashHandler.py", line 215, in make_report
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'revision'

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 132, in main
File "site.py", line 109, in run_entry_point
File "site-packages\calibre\debug.py", line 263, in main
File "site-packages\calibre\__init__.py", line 714, in ipython
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipython.py", line 87, in ipython
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipython.py", line 77, in old_ipython
File "site-packages\IPython\Shell.py", line 169, in __init__
File "site-packages\IPython\ipmaker.py", line 521, in make_IPython
File "site-packages\IPython\iplib.py", line 835, in pre_config_initialization
File "site-packages\IPython\Extensions\pickleshare.py", line 53, in __init__
TypeError: _isdir() takes exactly 1 argument (0 given)

C:\Users\Patti>

[kovidgoyal]

Did you forget the -g when running calibre-debug?

calibre-debug -g

[trumphodge]

I initially included the -g but the command didn't seem to work, so I thought it was a mistake. Leaving off the -g I got a response as pasted.

I was able to uninstall and reinstall Calibre so all is working again.