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Title: cant run exiftools from command line
Post by: oded_samuel on April 08, 2020, 08:08:08 AM

hello and thank you for this tool that seems to be a good start for my small poject.

my problem :- windows 10 command line does not recognize exiftools.exe as an executable file.
i am trying to run in from within the directory (program files (86)/exiftools/exiftools.exe) itsellf and get :- "exiftools is not recognized as an internal or external command etc. etc.)

have i missed something with file permissions setup of windows ?

thanks.
oded

Title: Re: cant run exiftools from command line
Post by: Phil Harvey on April 08, 2020, 08:18:02 AM

Hi oded,

Did you rename the distributed "exiftool(-k).exe" file to "exiftool.exe"? And what directory did you put it in?

Try cd-ing to that directory and typing "dir" to be sure you have the correct file name (and not "exiftool.exe.exe" for example). Then type "exiftool" in that directory and it should run "exiftool.exe".

- Phil

Title: Re: cant run exiftools from command line
Post by: oded_samuel on April 08, 2020, 08:40:44 AM

thank you.
managed to run it.(silly me.)
i struggle now to fill in the right tags to start seeing it actually .

thanks.
oded.

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