Vista - Explain this

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

On Fri, 30 May 2008 11:15:50 -0600, "Earle Horton"
<earlio_nospam@xxxxxx> wrote:
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.


Donald L McDaniel
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"Donald L McDaniel" <orthocross@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ral044lgv4knfgcntjg4nl0m7k5ntfirm9@xxxxxxThat'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

Program Files is one of the many folders that is virtualized - that is,
invisibly relocated by Windows in order to prevent viruses, spyware,
malware, etc. from making unauthorized changes. You'll actually find your
data files in

C:\Users\<YourAccountName>\AppData\Local\Virtual Store\Program Files

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"Earle Horton" <earlio_nospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:O8OdTrpwIHA.4560@xxxxxxYou might try using the /a option to a dir
command from a shell. Vista supports symbolic links,
and this should show you if a link exists.


TDM

That's it, thanks. Now the purpose of putting the eBooks in the Program
Files folder in the first place is first to make them accessible to other
users of the computer, and second to get them out of My Documents. The
eBooks are encrypted in such a way, that they can only be decrypted on this
computer (or on a really good clone). In other words if I move the eBooks
to another computer they cannot be read there. On the other hand if they
are in my application data then other users may not be able to use them.

Will it work to put the eBooks here?

C:\ProgramData\Mobipocket\Bookshelf

So the virus makes changes, but they only appear in a copy in the user's
application data folder?

Cheers,

Earle

"Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Earle Horton" <earlio_nospam@xxxxxx> wrote in
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change the store location of the library to a place under your user
name, for an example.

c:\users\<your user name>\Documents\Mobipocket Reader Library\


I am not saying to change the program files for the mobipocket just the
store location of your library.

"Dave Cox" <dcox1961@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Xns9AAEAF8A2FD53dcoxgmailcom@xxxxxxThat's not optimum because I share the eBooks, which are multi-lingual
dictionaries, with other users of the computer. It appears that Mobipocket
is not fully cognizant of Vista file structure, but I have to work with the
program as it is until a new version comes out. So far it appears that
c:\programdata is a reasonable choice for the library location.

Thanks.

Earle

That's not really the reason the change was made, rather the effect. There
are many articles out there that explain program versus data virtualization
far better than I can and in this case google is your friend. :-)

But to your core question, depending on the app, you should be able to put
those ebooks anywhere you want to, so long as the program will look for them
there. If it's a doofy program with hard-coded paths and such you may not
be able to move them.

But again, due to virtualization of the path, any app that needs to find
them should easily be able to do so - it's not limited to just the eBook
reader program. You should be able to leave them where they are and browse
to them and/or set other program's default settings to see them in
C:\Program Files\Mobipocket.com\Mobipocket Reader\Library - no extra work
for you there.


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"Earle Horton" <earlio_nospam@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Fri, 30 May 2008 22:02:59 -0600, "Earle Horton"
<earleh_nospam_@xxxxxx> wrote:
Apart from theoretical considerations (i.e., "could-be, should-be,
might-be"), have you found your missing books on your HD?

Are you now able to navigate to them from within Explorer?

If not, I suggest that you approach Mobipocket for support from now
on.

You don't seem to like our advice, so get it from the ones you "should
be" getting it from (i.e., "the creators of the program".)


Donald L McDaniel
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