Calibre crashes when PC Region/Language is changed

indecisivefan · 07-01-2024, 12:27 AM

I recently downloaded a program that required me to change my PC Region settings, and I set the Language for Non-Unicode Programs to Japanese. However, this caused Calibre to crash every time I tried to open it. Calibre would open and start but would not finish loading my library and would freeze/crash shortly after.

I fixed this by changing my Region/Non-unicode Language setting back to English (US) which is what it was originally, but I am puzzled why changing this made Calibre freak out.

I guess this is not really a troubleshooting post, since I fixed this problem already, but I wanted to bring attention to this issue since it seems like I can't find any other mention of it, and it could be a problem for users with different PC language/region settings.

kovidgoyal · 07-01-2024, 12:32 AM

calibre works fine with any region/language, indeed it is used by millions of users in over 280 countries. If you want to debug why it is not starting on your machine, follow the instructions in: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...ing-on-windows

07-01-2024, 12:27 AM	#1
indecisivefan Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2024 Device: none	Calibre crashes when PC Region/Language is changed I recently downloaded a program that required me to change my PC Region settings, and I set the Language for Non-Unicode Programs to Japanese. However, this caused Calibre to crash every time I tried to open it. Calibre would open and start but would not finish loading my library and would freeze/crash shortly after. I fixed this by changing my Region/Non-unicode Language setting back to English (US) which is what it was originally, but I am puzzled why changing this made Calibre freak out. I guess this is not really a troubleshooting post, since I fixed this problem already, but I wanted to bring attention to this issue since it seems like I can't find any other mention of it, and it could be a problem for users with different PC language/region settings.

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07-01-2024, 12:32 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,566 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	calibre works fine with any region/language, indeed it is used by millions of users in over 280 countries. If you want to debug why it is not starting on your machine, follow the instructions in: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...ing-on-windows