On Fri, 30 May 2008 16:14:12 -0600, "Earle Horton"
<> wrote:
>"Adam Albright" <> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 30 May 2008 15:17:48 -0600, "Earle Horton"
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>>"Donald L McDaniel" <> wrote in message
>>>news: ...
>>>> On Fri, 30 May 2008 11:15:50 -0600, "Earle Horton"
>>>> <> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I have Mobipocket Reader 6.2 (www.mobipocket.com) installed on Vista
>>>>>Business. In Tools, Settings, Advanced I have eBooks and eNews library
>>>>>location set to C:\Program Files\Mobipocket.com\Mobipocket
>>>>>Reader\Library,
>>>>>and I have downloaded My Bookshelf contents there. I can't see this
>>>>>folder
>>>>>or its contents in Windows Explorer, and I can't cd to it or dir its
>>>>>contents in command prompt running as administrator, but yet all of the
>>>>>eBooks that I have downloaded to this location are working normally.
>>>>>What
>>>>>is happening? I'd like to manually back up these files to a cd. How do
>>>>>I
>>>>>do that?
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>Earle
>>>>
>>>> It sounds like all these files have the "R-H-S" Attributes set.
>>>> That is, they are "hidden", "read-only", and "system".
>>>>
>>>> To be able to see them, open the Folder Options Control Panel, and set
>>>> the View to be able to see such files/folders.
>>>>
>>>> To make them appear, do this:
>>>> 1) Open "Folder Options" in Control Panel.
>>>> 2) Click on the "View" tab
>>>> 3) Go down the list till you come to "Hidden files and folders".
>>>> 4) Make sure the Radio button beside "Show hidden files and folders"
>>>> is activated. If it is activated, there will be a small dot in the
>>>> center. If not, there will be none.
>>>> 5) Click on "Apply" then "Ok".
>>>>
>>>> Then you should be able to see the folder and files.
>>>>
>>>That's not it. I am seeing all kinds of previously hidden files now such
>>>as
>>>"Installshield Installation Information" folder and "MSOCache" but no
>>>Mobipocket Library folder. I know it is somewhere because Mobipocket
>>>Reader
>>>says it has all my eBooks stored and it is able to open them, but the only
>>>place that C:\Program Files\Mobipocket.com\Mobipocket Reader\Library is
>>>visible is from within Mobipocket Reader.
>>>
>>>Right click Properties in the parent folder says that it contains 10.8
>>>Megabytes, but I have 70 Megabytes worth of eBooks in the Library.
>>>
>>>I have to conclude that Mobipocket Reader has placed the files elsewhere,
>>>but where?
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>>
>>>Earle
>>
>>
>> You can try to have Vista find the files for you using Advance Search.
>> Assumes you know what the file extension is or at least a partial name
>> of one of the files.
>
>I have file extensions and full names. For example, one of my dictionaries
>is according to Mobipocket Reader:
>
>C:\Program Files\Mobipocket.com\Mobipocket
>Reader\Library\VoxAdvancedEnglishSpanish.prc
>
>Vista can't find it, either by fully qualified file name or base file name.
>But Mobipocket Reader can open and read it no problem.
Are you sure it is being saved on your system or is some link just
being created to access the file on some web site?
In your earlier post you said properties says there's 10.8 MB, you
then you said you have 70 MB of ebooks in the library. How do you know
that? In other words where is your 70 MB figure coming from?
Also in the above example you show the path with a file ending in
..prc. Have you used Advanced Search to search your entire system
looking for that file type being sure to look EVERYWHERE and include
non indexed locations? The idea is really just to find one file with
that extension and chances are you'll find them all regardless where
on your system, if they are on your system... I'm beginning to doubt
that's where they are.
>
>>
>> Also if Mobipocket Reader has a File option on it's menu it probably
>> has a 'save as' path. That is probably where your files are hiding. So
>> you might find what you're looking for by just pretending you're going
>> to save a file and it should point to the last path\folder it used.
>>
>Mobipocket Reader doesn't "save" files.
See, now that's confusing. You're all over the map. You start out
saying there's a difference between the total when you click on
properties and what you think should be there, now you say Mobipocket
Reader doesn't save files. So I really don't know where else to direct
you on this because you're suggesting two totally opposite things. If
the files you're talking about aren't saved, then obviously they
aren't on YOUR computer, not physically, however the program may have
made some link to them somewhere else. ;-) That would explain why you
can't find them. They don't exist on your system.
>It only "opens" them or "downloads"
>from your online bookshelf.
I'm afraid we're getting into semantics. Open and download has very
different meaning. You could be "opening" a file and simply viewing
(reading) it on some web page. That isn't downloading, at least not in
the traditional sense and would explain why you can't find the files
on your own computer... they never get there.
When you open a file that simply means you've gained access to the
file while downloading implies you've copied the file from somewhere
to your system.
>There are eighteen books that I have downloaded
>from my online bookshelf, that Mobipocket Reader is now able to open local
>copies, but Vista can't find them anywhere, least of all in the location
>where Mobipocket Reader says they are. The download path points to the
>directory that as far as I can tell doesn't exist.
Now you're back to downloading again. I'll just take a wild guess and
say maybe you're experiencing something similar to a PDF file that can
be download and saved on your own computer but also can be viewed and
read off your browser straight from the site it is stored on without
you ever actually downloading anything.
Sorry, we're not getting anywhere.