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I see an error "Microsoft Reader is no longer able to access this eBook" on my Pocket PC.

When you first read a book using Microsoft Reader, the software paginates the eBook for you: as you read your eBook, Microsoft Reader software determines the length of the eBook according to the current font size setting and updates the .EBO file for the opened book with that information. If you hard-reset your Pocket PC, Microsoft Reader assumes you're opening an eBook for the first time, and the software paginates the eBook for you.

If you open an eBook for the first time, and turn off the device while Reader is performing background pagination, you'll receive an error, "Microsoft Reader is no longer able to access this book."

Here's how to fix the problem:

  1. Shut down Microsoft Reader:
    a. From the Start Menu, tap "Settings"
    b. Select the System tab.
    c. Select the Memory icon.
    d. Tap the Running Program tab.
    e. Highlight Microsoft Reader on the Running Program list.
    f. Tap the Stop button.
  2. Tap OK.
  3. Start File Explorer
  4. Navigate to My Documents/Annotations
  5. Select and delete the .EBO file for the problem title. The correct .EBO file is the file that begins with the eBook title. If more than one .EBO file exists for the problem title, select and delete each one.
  6. Start Microsoft Reader again.
  7. Open the eBook. Let the device remain turned on, allowing Microsoft Reader to repaginate until it completes. This process should not take more than a few minutes. Microsoft Reader needs to perform this operation just once for each eBook.

How do I know if Reader is still handling background pagination on the title?

  1. Open the eBook in question.
  2. Begin reading the content.
  3. On the bottom of the Reader page, tap and hold the page number for a couple of seconds — then release it. The Riffle Control should be displayed: its appearance may take a second or two.
  4. The Riffle Control shows you where you are in the eBook. The leftmost number is the first page of the eBook; the rightmost number is the last page of the eBook.

If the right-most number is displayed in red, then the Reader is not done with background pagination. If the right-most number is displayed in black, then the Reader has completed pagination.

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