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ExifTool => Install Problems => Topic started by: kberlin72 on February 21, 2025, 02:22:04 PM

Title: Command Prompt Error
Post by: kberlin72 on February 21, 2025, 02:22:04 PM
Hello Phil. I only use exiftool solely to create .kml's. I work off a work computer, so I can't install the application, but I previously found a workaround using cmd:

4) YOU NEED TO RUN EXIFTOOL
type this into cmd prompt and hit enter.

C:\Users\Public\Exif>exiftool -filename -gpslatitude -gpslongitude -gpsaltitude -createdate -T -n -csv -ext JPG C:\Users\Public\Exif\PICTURE(S)_LOCATION > C:\Users\Public\Exif\PICTURE(S)_LOCATION\LOCATION.csv

This was where I create the .csv with the paths geotagged and I would run it through EarthPoint and it would create the .kml for me. However, this stopped functioning. I get a blank .csv and this error message:

'C:\Users\Public\Exif' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

Any idea where I went wrong? Thank you for your time.
Title: Re: Command Prompt Error
Post by: StarGeek on February 21, 2025, 02:37:12 PM
Use CMD, not PowerShell. For whatever reason, PS doesn't like parentheses.
Title: Re: Command Prompt Error
Post by: kberlin72 on February 21, 2025, 03:54:12 PM
Thank you StarGeek. Am I missing something? I am using CMD, not powershell. Did you mean use powershell instead?

NVM...I havent used it in a while. I have to remove C:\ users\public\exif>. I was just copy and pasting before.

Thanks,
kb
Title: Re: Command Prompt Error
Post by: StarGeek on February 21, 2025, 04:09:48 PM
Yeah, don't include the command prompt as part of the command.

Because I saw the parentheses, I jumped to the conclusion that you were using PowerShell, which doesn't like them.