

Still, it would be very helpful if there was some visible feedback to the user. had found 2 versions of Exiftool.exe and recorded them in the registry, in a somewhat curious format, but evidently could not decide which to use. My investigation with 1.8.1 version found that 1.81. Then I ran an earlier version 1.4.1 and it loads without errors.įWIW, I have several copies of Exiftool.exe on my system, in several different locations, for different testing purposes and even installed Exiftool.exe to C:\Windows ( and renamed it as instructed) Then I found the link which says "fixed in beta" from the issues list: jExifToolGUI-1.9.0.0_beta-win-x86_64_with-jre.zip Had downloaded jExifToolGUI-1.8.1.0-win-x86_64.zip, installed it, but it failed without feedback.

#logback.classic pattern: %d - %msg%n 15:48:01.264 INFO - Start application 15:48:01.264 INFO - Continuing in system language or, if not translated, in English 15:48:01.873 INFO - string for DB: C:\Users\me\jexiftoolgui_data\jexiftoolgui.db 15:48:01.873 INFO - preference exiftool returned: C:\Program Files\ExifTool\ExifTool.exe 15:48:02.748 INFO - exiftool_found mentions: true I exiftool.exe in the same folder and also under C:\Windows\System32 I have downloaded jExifToolGUI-1.8.1.0-win-x86_64_with-jre.zip and unzipped it. See here for instructions.I'm having the same problem on Windows 10. It can be changed in the Windows folder options. In renaming Exiftool, one can inadvertedly rename exiftool.exe to (because the second. camtrapR would then assume that "Exiftool" is one of your stations.Īnother potential problem is the Windows default of hiding known file extensions.

myStudy/renamed_images/Exiftool), but give it a directory of its own (e.g./myStudy/Exiftool). Windows (through R) will then be able to find Exiftool by default without the need to run these 2 lines in every R session.Īnd here's a second point: if you create an Exiftool directory in your image directory, don't put it into a directory next to your station directories (e.g. It would be easier if you put exiftool.exe into a system directory (one of the directories contained in your PATH variable, e.g. I'd like to add one thing to what Hugo said. Knowing which function caused the error will help find the problem quickly. If your problem persists, please share the code you ran. You should download and install the Stand-alone installer (instruction can be found here).

Have you seen the section on Exiftool in the package vignette (see here)?. Normally, there should be no problems with Exiftool under Windows 10.
