Guest Justin Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 I downloaded a program called exiftool that gives me all sorts of info on JPGs - basically it reads off the exif data in the jpeg header. Where can I put this file so that whatever cmd prompt I'm at it will execute? Since I move around alot in directories I don't want to have a copy of this file in each dir.
Guest TaurArian Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 RE: Where to put an exe file Try a little resarch: http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/install.html Google is your friend. "Justin" wrote: > I downloaded a program called exiftool that gives me all sorts of info > on JPGs - basically it reads off the exif data in the jpeg header. > > Where can I put this file so that whatever cmd prompt I'm at it will > execute? Since I move around alot in directories I don't want to have a > copy of this file in each dir. >
Guest Justin Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 Re: Where to put an exe file TaurArian wrote: > Try a little resarch: http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/install.html > Google is your friend. > > "Justin" wrote: > >> I downloaded a program called exiftool that gives me all sorts of info >> on JPGs - basically it reads off the exif data in the jpeg header. >> >> Where can I put this file so that whatever cmd prompt I'm at it will >> execute? Since I move around alot in directories I don't want to have a >> copy of this file in each dir. >> would you believe that page wasn't loaded an hour ago?
Guest ju.c Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 Re: Where to put an exe file Just copy it to C:\WINDOWS\ ju.c "Justin" <justin@nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote in message news:g6om7v$mhb$1@registered.motzarella.org... > I downloaded a program called exiftool that gives me all sorts of info on JPGs - > basically it reads off the exif data in the jpeg header. > > Where can I put this file so that whatever cmd prompt I'm at it will execute? Since I > move around alot in directories I don't want to have a copy of this file in each dir.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 Re: Where to put an exe file "Justin" <justin@nobecauseihatespam.com> wrote in message news:g6om7v$mhb$1@registered.motzarella.org... >I downloaded a program called exiftool that gives me all sorts of info on >JPGs - basically it reads off the exif data in the jpeg header. > > Where can I put this file so that whatever cmd prompt I'm at it will > execute? Since I move around alot in directories I don't want to have a > copy of this file in each dir. Here are a couple of choices: a) Put it into the Windows folder. b) Put it into the folder c:\MyTools (which you must create), then modify the %path% via the Control Panel so that it includes c:\MyTools.
Guest Chris Geerlings Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 Re: Where to put an exe file Justin, Usually the %PATH% (start - run - cmd - path) points to c:\windows; c:\windows\system32 So if you place it in either of these folders then you can run it from anywhere. Greetz, -- Chris
Guest HeyBub Posted July 30, 2008 Posted July 30, 2008 Re: Where to put an exe file Justin wrote: > I downloaded a program called exiftool that gives me all sorts of info > on JPGs - basically it reads off the exif data in the jpeg header. > > Where can I put this file so that whatever cmd prompt I'm at it will > execute? Since I move around alot in directories I don't want to > have a copy of this file in each dir. When you type the name of an executable at the CMD prompt, the command interpreter's first job is to find the executable. The system does this by: 1. Looking in the current folder. If the EXE is not found, 2. The system begins searching folders named in the PATH statement in the order in which they appear. So, then, you have three choices: 1. Place the executable in any folder and navigate to that folder before you execute the program, 2. Place the executable in a folder that's named in the path, or 3. Place the executable in any folder and place that folder's location in the PATH statement.
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