I have just upgraded to Windows 11 and i now cant get Exiftool to run
It has been invauable in adjusting over 40,000 famiy photos :)
a simple command (in a bat file) of exiftool -a -u -g1 %1
gives the error: Can't find string terminator "HELP" anywhere before EOF at script/exiftool line 4422.
other previously working bat files give the same error
thanks in advance
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Most of the time, this is due to anti virus software. Try setting an exclusion for exiftool.
Another option is to try Oliver Betz alternate exiftool build. As it works in a different way, it sometimes works when the main Windows version doesn't.
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Many thanks - i just needed to do the second part of that suggestion and deleted the directory "par-XXX" from the temporary directory by running cmd line "for /D %d in (%TEMP%\par-) do rmdir /s /q %d" and everything is perfect.
Many thanks
Last edit: Tony Magnus 2023-04-25
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Hi from Australia
I have just upgraded to Windows 11 and i now cant get Exiftool to run
It has been invauable in adjusting over 40,000 famiy photos :)
a simple command (in a bat file) of exiftool -a -u -g1 %1
gives the error: Can't find string terminator "HELP" anywhere before EOF at script/exiftool line 4422.
other previously working bat files give the same error
thanks in advance
Most of the time, this is due to anti virus software. Try setting an exclusion for exiftool.
Another option is to try Oliver Betz alternate exiftool build. As it works in a different way, it sometimes works when the main Windows version doesn't.
It sounds like a corrupted install. See note "c" here: https://exiftool.org/install.html#Windows
Many thanks - i just needed to do the second part of that suggestion and deleted the directory "par-XXX" from the temporary directory by running cmd line "for /D %d in (%TEMP%\par-) do rmdir /s /q %d" and everything is perfect.
Many thanks
Last edit: Tony Magnus 2023-04-25