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Old 07-07-2024, 12:16 AM   #1
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Koreader crashed, I deleted and reinstalled, it's set up exactly as I had it. How?
Hello! I'm just curious and wanting to understand what happened.

I loaded a bunch of ePubs on my Kobo Libra 2, and after that, Koreader wouldn't open but instead just closed itself. So I deleted the Koreader file and the other file that is usually installed with it. Then I reinstalled all over again.

I was expecting to have to set everything up again, the custom font, all the settings how I like it - but when I opened Koreader, I was very pleasantly surprised to find that everything was exactly as I had left it, even the custom font I had installed before.

I am super happy about not having to set it all up again, but I'm also really curious how that happened, if I deleted all the Koreader files off the Kobo before I reinstalled again?

Thanks
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Old 07-07-2024, 03:25 AM   #2
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What file(s) did you delete exactly? KOReader lives in the hidden /.adds/koreader/ directory on a Kobo. If you delete that whole directory, everything would indeed be gone. You possibly only deleted the launch script?
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Old 07-07-2024, 01:53 PM   #3
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What file(s) did you delete exactly? KOReader lives in the hidden /.adds/koreader/ directory on a Kobo. If you delete that whole directory, everything would indeed be gone. You possibly only deleted the launch script?
That makes sense - I only deleted the Koreader "book" which I'm assuming is the launch script you mention, and the other file that is installed with it. I guess I thought that by doing that, it would have deleted the entire Koreader directory in .adds.

I've had issues with Koreader crashing like this a few times, the other two times I had to factory reset the Kobo and then start over from scratch, because Koreader wouldn't work even after reinstalling it. This time it did, so it's very welcome news that I won't have to start over every single time!
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Old 07-07-2024, 05:07 PM   #4
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Technically speaking accessing that file triggers the launch script but potato potahto.
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Old 09-05-2024, 09:25 PM   #5
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Welp, I tried to update Koreader to "Outside" by running the one click package again, but when I tried to open Koreader after that, I got the crash message with the bomb graphic on it. It wouldn't open. So I deleted the Koreader file in .adds as I had done before, and used the OCP to install again - it works now, but all my settings are gone this time. I wish I knew more of what I was doing, so next time this happens I can keep my settings on purpose lol
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Sorry this happened. It seems that this time you accidentally deleted the entire .adds/koreader/ folder?

With wifi enabled, you should be able to update over-the-air using the built-in Update feature (top menu, 3 horizontal bars in corner, Update). I don't think the one-click packages are meant for updates.

For future reference, the KOReader User Guide has a section on how you can back up and restore your settings:

http://koreader.rocks/user_guide/#troubleshooting
Further down: Backing up your KOReader settings
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