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Since some time my ADE 4.5 will not open. It appears on the taskbar, and putting my cursor on it I get a picture of it as it it should look if fully opened, but when clicking on it nothing happens; the program does not come up on the screen. Since several months back I am running Windows 10 and have installed all offered updates, but I don't think that is what is causing the problem, which has only started recently. Or could it perhaps have been caused by a recent Windows 10 update?
You can try this:
1) Right click on the Icon and run as admin.
2) Rename the My Digital Edition Folder under your Documents in My Digital Edition.old and start again.
3) Uninstall the current Version and install 3.0: http://www.adobe.com/support/digitaleditions/downloads.html
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You can try this:
1) Right click on the Icon and run as admin.
2) Rename the My Digital Edition Folder under your Documents in My Digital Edition.old and start again.
3) Uninstall the current Version and install 3.0: http://www.adobe.com/support/digitaleditions/downloads.html
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Nanaky. I know this answer is marked "Correct" but the link you have given to find version 3.0 does not work. It goes to a funny screen with a list of blue titles on it (sort of like an index) but none of them lead to a 3.0 download. I am no longer able to get books from the library since I installed the 4.5 version of ADE. I am DESPERATE to get back to the older version because it worked.
I am a disabled senior and accessing the library is very important to me because I can't go there in person. I have been trying to solve this problem for weeks now and am pretty much at the end of my rope. Please try the link you gave. It does not work. Do you or anybody out there, know where to find a valid download link to version 3.0? I am pretty much convinced at this point that it doesn't exist. But I sure hope I am wrong.
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Here you go. I have 3 installed, but once I import a book it looks fine, but that book vanishes if I cloe the app. When I try to add it again it says it is already in the ;library, but I cannot see it. I have itinstalled on a USB drive also.https://www.dropbox.com/s/pk0mtcuy7d6nyw8/ADE_3.0_Installer.exe?dl=0
Tht is a linkg to the file in my dropbox.
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Hi
did you ever figure out the activation status - i am also having this issue.
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Hello Kandy,
I don't know if I actually figured anything out but I did get the Version 3.0 to work eventually. I had originally put it on an older laptop of mine. Shortly after, I retired that laptop and switched to a newer one. I put V3.0 on that one as well and that is where I saw the activation error. As a last ditch effort to solve the problem I got my old laptop out and tried using it there. Lo and behold it worked!!! Not sure why. I was running Windows 10 on both of them so that wasn't the issue.
It is a pain to have to switch to my old laptop every time I want to borrow a library book but I have done it several times now and it continues to function and I'm very grateful.
Eventually, when I can afford it, I plan to get a newer eReader that comes with OverDrive software already installed. With that, I should be able to access the library directly, through WiFi, without the need for the ADE software at all. So I just have to hope my old laptop keeps functioning until I can make that happen.
I'm afraid this 'answer' probably won't be much help to you since I don't really understand what happened and I'm sorry about that. I hope you find an answer that does work for you. Good luck!
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StarVoyager, I don't know about you, but it has gotten to the point, with me, where I have to keep uninstalling both the 3.0 and the 4.5 versions of ADE, and then re-authorizing the computer and the Ereader, each time I want to read a book. I went and got a new E-reader, which is lovely, but if I want a library book I can't borrow it directly from Overdrive (instead of using ADE) unless Kobo also sells that particular book. I can barely stand all the work this takes.
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Reading too much? Is that even possible? Spoken by an avid reader. I've been that way since I was just a kid. Reading takes me to so very many places, both real and imaginary, that it has brought me much joy in my life which I am very grateful for.
I'm so glad you have found some unexpected good reads due to the problems you have been having. Way to make some lemonade from the lemons you got stuck with. Kudos to you for that.
In a previous post, I mentioned getting a new eReader, a Clara, with Overdrive, due to all the problems I was having with the ADE software. Initially, as I mentioned, the Overdrive was working but with some problems. I'm happy to report that I ended up doing a Factory Reset on my new eReader, which the Kobo Help person had recommended, and now the Overdrive is working perfectly for both buying books and for borrowing them from my local library. I have well over 1,000 books now on my eReader and was reluctant to take this step at first but now I am very glad I did. After the reset, all my books came over from Kobo and so did my Collections - all 44 of them. I was told by the Kobo Help person that only my books would come over but not the collections and I really did not want to have to recreate all of those. But that Help person was wrong. The Collections did survive the factory reset and I am so glad they did!
I am very sorry so many people are having problems with the ADE software. I blame Adobe for not fixing this or providing a download for the previous Version 3.0. (The link they give on their website does not work.) Even if it is a free software they should still take responsibility for making it work right when it is so obvious that there are serious issues with Version 4.5 that so many people are experiencing.
In my case, now that my eReader is working perfectly with Overdrive, I don't have to use ADE at all anymore. For me, that was the final solution to this problem.
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Try renaming the manifest folder in your My Digital Editions folder to something like 1manifest and restart ADE. Always works for me when I have this problem.
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Un grand grand merci à vous. Cela faisait des semaines que je cherchais un lien de téléchargement vers ADE 3.0 qui fonctionne. Je peux à nouveau utiliser ma liseuse Kobo avec les livres numériques empruntés à ma bibliothèque municipale.😊😘
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One other thing I did right before ADE hunt for the window mentioned by another poster and I clicked several times than noticed that something had changed and then my books showed, so something about the contained window being closed was a lso a factor. Tanks to the member that posted that hint.
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I could have written that post, word for word, senior who can't get to library, used 3.0 for years, but it has been discontinued. Need to find what I (we) have to do on computer for it to accept ADE 4.5. Blessings.
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This works
I have faced similar issue after a windows update, later this steps solved my problem.
Step 1: Delete the "My Digital Editions" folder or rename it to "My Digital Editions.old", delete would be better
Step 2: Go to this location : "C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\Adobe_Systems_Incorporate"
Step 3: Delete the folder "DigitalEditions.exe" something looks like this:"DigitalEditions.exe_Url_qyaa14c3q2kp5ltfvp1pdpdu"
Step 4: Run the Application again with administrator,(hold shift + right click on app)
For me worked even without deleting the folder My Digital Editions
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I would probably eliminate the first .old and rename .old the one that is in use at present.
Anyway I didn't need to eliminate or rename it.
So you could first try to follow the three steps I wrote, without doing anything to that folder, and see what happens! Good luck.
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THIS WORKED THANK YOU
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Thank you
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The computer does not respond to the download link for Windows 3.0. No tabs or windows open, and no new item appears in downloads.
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Thank you for these solutions. The second one worked for me. My problem was caused by updating windows 10 pro.
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I have tried both versions of ADE and they both giving me problems, 3.0 shows an activation error and licensing error while 4.5 refuses to even open. Is there another Ebook reader i could use, I have tried running them as admin, uninstalling and reinstalling. I am frustrated because i need to use the book, help (sigh).