Avoiding KFX in K4PC 1.19

[odamizu]

Originally Posted by jhowell

Warning: The new Kindle for PC version will download books in KFX format to enable "enhanced typesetting" as needed for the accessibility software.

If you prefer AZW3 over KFX and don't want to downgrade to 1.17, helpful discoveries from posters on Alf:

Originally Posted by concerned citizen

I have discovered an easy way to force Kindle for PC 1.19 to download books [not in] KFX format. If the file “%localappdata%\Amazon\Kindle\application\renderer-test.exe” is removed then KFX support is disabled. This will take effect the next time K4PC is launched. Any books already downloaded in KFX format will no longer open and will need to be removed and re-downloaded.

Originally Posted by prisca

I just renamed the file to renderer-test.exe.old, just in case, and it worked.

But apparently it doesn't work for K4Mac

Originally Posted by Ingo Lembcke

... I installed Kindle for Mac 1.19 (again). You can open the Kindle.App with a rightclick on the Kindle.App and selecting something like “show package (contents)” – I have a German GUI, so I do not know the exact wording, but it is obvious when you see it. There is a file inside with nearly the same name, but if you rename it, Kindle.App does not start anymore.

Anyway, nice try, but sorry, it does not work for Mac OS X. For Windows it does only work as it is a separate exe, if it was a DLL or integrated in the Kindle.exe, I would expect the same.

[Notjohn]

%localappdata%\Amazon\Kindle\application\renderer-test.exe

Thanks for the pointer!