Newbie: Disable virus scanner to get ExifTool to run properly

Started by zgreen, November 17, 2017, 10:18:55 AM

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zgreen

November 17, 2017, 10:18:55 AM Last Edit: November 17, 2017, 10:25:46 AM by Phil Harvey
The install notes are straight forward but the tool was not running for me on Windows 10 Pro. Doh! Need to disable McAfee virus scanner in order to get it to run. You may want to consider adding that step to ExifTool for Dummies :)

I was trying to run on Windows 10 Pro with no luck. No error appeared at command line. And GUI flashed quickly and closed when I tried exiftool(-k). Amid old posts about unknown issues and others have intermittent success running the tool I was off track for a bit before thinking to disable virus scanner.

Posting in case this helps a Newbie like me.

Thanks for making this tool available.

PH Edit:  Added link for "ExifTool for Dummies" page

Phil Harvey

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November 17, 2017, 10:23:49 AM
Quote from: zgreen on November 17, 2017, 10:18:55 AM
You may want to consider adding that step to ExifTool for Dummies :)

Done.  Thanks for the suggestion.

- PHil
...where DIR is the name of a directory/folder containing the images.  On Mac/Linux/PowerShell, use single quotes (') instead of double quotes (") around arguments containing a dollar sign ($).
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