ExifTool command doesn't work right in GeoSetter

[Phil Harvey]

The only thing I can think of is an interference with the antivirus software which might not be letting geosetter run another application for some reason.

- Phil

[dj_paige]

We have a winner!

Congratulations to @StarGeek, it was the anti-virus causing the problem. Somehow, my installation of BitDefender had decided that ExifTool was a blocked application in it's anti-ransomware module, and I had to make sure ExifTool was listed as a Trusted Application.

Thanks again!

Just to follow up on this, every time I install a new version of ExifTool via GeoSetter, I have to specifically allow this new version of ExifTool in BitDefender, otherwise ExifTool doesn't work. I haven't yet found a way around this, to automatically allow any version of ExifTool to be allowed by BitDefender.

[Alan Clifford]

Just to follow up on this, every time I install a new version of ExifTool via GeoSetter, I have to specifically allow this new version of ExifTool in BitDefender, otherwise ExifTool doesn't work. I haven't yet found a way around this, to automatically allow any version of ExifTool to be allowed by BitDefender.

Isn't that a good thing?  I don't know how bitdefender works but it is preventing a rogue program from pretending to be something else.

[wrtahir]

MightBe tools haven't permission to read/write to file for that particular file of the directory. Or the file that tool is trying to create may already exist and you cannot overwrite it.