![]() ![]() To check if these steps were successful go to the Command Prompt and type "" and press enter. ![]() Click to edit that variable and add C:\Windows\exiftool to the end. If you are using an earlier version of windows go to My Computer->Properties->Advanced->Environmental Settings. If you are using Windows 8 go to the Control Panel->System->Advanced System Settings-> Environment Variables. In the files you downloaded, move the folder "lib" and the file "" to C:\Windows\exiftool In the directory C:\Windows create a directory called "exiftool" On Windows you need to add exiftool to your path.īasic instructions on installing exiftool can be found under the Full Perl Distribution section here:ĭownload Image-ExifTool distribution and unzip the file. There is a little bit of preparation required for this program to work with ExifTool properly. Instructions for ExifTool can be found here: Preparing exiftool: ExifTool:ĮxifTool is a program written by Phil Harvey to read and write the meta information contained in files.įor this program you want to install the Image-ExifTool distribution (This should be the first Download button on the page)ĭocumentation for ExifTool can be found here: A CSV report and an XML report of the ExifTool analysis will be placed in a subfolder of each processed bag titled /data/meta. You are all set now to use the ExifTool software to read, write, and edit the metadata of all your files seamlessly and effortlessly.Code by Caitlin Donahue program will automatically run ExifTool on the folders contained within a directory supplied by the user. Move ‘exiftool.exe’ to the ‘C:\WINDOWS’ directory or any other directory in your path. ![]() Rename ‘ExifTool(-k).exe’ to ‘exiftool.exe’. Download and extract either the entire Mac/Linux Perl distribution or the version of Windows EXE on Windows and run it directly.ĭownload Windows Executable from the home page of ExifTool.Įxtract ‘ExifTool(-k).exe’ and put it on your desktop from the ‘.zip’ file. It’s easier to install the stand-alone ExifTool executable if you don’t already have Perl, but remember that the stand-alone version doesn’t have the HTML documentation or any other complete distribution files. The Perl distribution includes the installation of Perl on your system. There is a choice of two separate versions of ExifTool to run on Windows. To download the latest version of ExifTool, visit Phil Harvey’s official ExifTool website or get it from any other tech website absolutely free.įor working, ExifTool does not need to be installed. Download
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