Crashing Problems With Windows 7 and Built in Viewer

Athryn · 12-28-2009, 01:31 PM

I recently upgraded to Windows 7 Pro, and reinstalled Calibre. It seems to be working fine for the most part, but whenever I try to use the built-in reader to view a LIT or MOBI file, the "calibre-parallel.exe" process crashes and windows automatically closes it.

Any ideas? Thanks!

I'm using the latest version (0.6.31)

kovidgoyal · 12-28-2009, 02:35 PM

Odd, I dont have win7 to test with, can some one else try it and see. Does the crash happen only with MOBI and LIT files?

Athryn · 12-28-2009, 03:11 PM

PDF, TXT and RTF are fine, but those launch external programs to read of course. I also tried converting some books to ePub and RB format and then trying to open them, that seems to crash the internal reader as well.

kovidgoyal · 12-28-2009, 03:25 PM

Can you also try launching the viewer as a sepaate program from the start menu and then trying to open a book in the viewer.

Athryn · 12-28-2009, 03:57 PM

If I do that, they open just fine and do not crash.

kovidgoyal · 12-28-2009, 03:59 PM

Weirder, definitely a win 7 issue in that case. Can someone else with Win 7 please try this and comment.

vaughnmr · 12-28-2009, 04:47 PM

Works fine for me, although it does seem slow at times when first loading.

12-28-2009, 01:31 PM	#1
Athryn Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Gainesville, VA Device: Kindle DX	Crashing Problems With Windows 7 and Built in Viewer I recently upgraded to Windows 7 Pro, and reinstalled Calibre. It seems to be working fine for the most part, but whenever I try to use the built-in reader to view a LIT or MOBI file, the "calibre-parallel.exe" process crashes and windows automatically closes it. Any ideas? Thanks! I'm using the latest version (0.6.31)

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12-28-2009, 02:35 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Odd, I dont have win7 to test with, can some one else try it and see. Does the crash happen only with MOBI and LIT files?

12-28-2009, 03:11 PM	#3
Athryn Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Gainesville, VA Device: Kindle DX	PDF, TXT and RTF are fine, but those launch external programs to read of course. I also tried converting some books to ePub and RB format and then trying to open them, that seems to crash the internal reader as well.

12-28-2009, 03:25 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Can you also try launching the viewer as a sepaate program from the start menu and then trying to open a book in the viewer.

12-28-2009, 03:57 PM	#5
Athryn Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Gainesville, VA Device: Kindle DX	If I do that, they open just fine and do not crash.

12-28-2009, 03:59 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Weirder, definitely a win 7 issue in that case. Can someone else with Win 7 please try this and comment.

12-28-2009, 04:47 PM	#7
vaughnmr Ebook Reader Posts: 605 Karma: 3205128 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Texas Device: Kindle 3, HTC Evo, HTC View	Works fine for me, although it does seem slow at times when first loading.

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