Cannot delete a story

[inanimatexgirl]

Using FanFicFare v4.22.1 (on PC Windows 11) to download/update AO3 fics. When I try to delete a fic from Calibre, it gives me an error message - "ERROR: Permission denied".

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Traceback (most recent call last): File "calibre\db\backend.py", line 425, in rmtree_with_retry File "shutil.py", line 739, in rmtree File "shutil.py", line 621, in _rmtree_unsafe File "shutil.py", line 619, in _rmtree_unsafe PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'C:\Users\gryff\Desktop\Calibre Library - SW-AD-DR Fanfiction\.caltrash\b\16975'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "calibre\gui2\actions\delete.py", line 459, in do_library_delete File "calibre\gui2\library\models.py", line 462, in delete_books_by_id File "calibre\db\cache.py", line 77, in call_func_with_lock File "calibre\db\cache.py", line 2058, in remove_books File "calibre\db\backend.py", line 2124, in remove_books File "calibre\db\backend.py", line 2024, in move_book_to_trash File "calibre\db\backend.py", line 432, in rmtree_with_retry File "shutil.py", line 739, in rmtree File "shutil.py", line 621, in _rmtree_unsafe File "shutil.py", line 619, in _rmtree_unsafe PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'C:\Users\gryff\Desktop\Calibre Library - SW-AD-DR Fanfiction\.caltrash\b\16975'

I can only delete the story if I change the library (from where the story is originally in) and then delete it manually from the Calibre folder. Then when I return back to the library, it's gone. It wasn't like this before the recent update.

[JimmXinu]

That's nothing to do with FanFicFare.

There's an MR thread recently: PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied when updating Metadata. Kovid says anti-virus interference, some others mention other esoteric Windows issues.

Regardless, I can't help you with it.

[JimmXinu]

You might quote your error trace into the MR thread--it's a bit different than the one that's there, referring to .caltrash.