Skip to content

exitftool install guide tech review #3981

New issue

Have a question about this project? Sign up for a free GitHub account to open an issue and contact its maintainers and the community.

Sign up for GitHub

By clicking “Sign up for GitHub”, you agree to our terms of service and privacy statement. We’ll occasionally send you account related emails.

Already on GitHub? Sign in to your account

Merged
pareenaverma merged 1 commit into from
Nov 2, 2026
Merged

exitftool install guide tech review #3981

Changes from all commits
Commits
Show all changes
1 commit
Select commit
File filter

Filter by extension

Filter by extension
Conversations
Failed to load comments.
Loading
Jump to
Jump to file
Failed to load files.
Loading
Diff view
Diff view
9 changes: 5 additions & 4 deletions content/install-guides/exiftool.md
View file
Open in desktop
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -59,10 +59,11 @@ The Windows x64 executable runs through
Follow the [official Windows installation instructions](https://exiftool.org/install.html#Windows):

1. Download the **64-bit Windows Executable** ZIP from the [ExifTool download page](https://exiftool.org/).
2. Extract the archive into a permanent folder in your user directory.
3. Rename `exiftool(-k).exe` to `exiftool.exe`. Keep its accompanying `exiftool_files` folder beside it.
4. Add the folder containing `exiftool.exe` to your user's `Path` environment variable.
5. Open a new PowerShell window so it picks up the change.
2. Extract the archive and open the extracted folder containing `exiftool(-k).exe`.
3. In File Explorer, select **View > Show > File name extensions**, then rename `exiftool(-k).exe` to `exiftool.exe`.
4. Move `exiftool.exe` and its accompanying `exiftool_files` folder into a permanent folder, such as `C:\Users\<username>\Tools\ExifTool`. Keep them together.
5. Search the Start menu for **Edit environment variables for your account** and open it. Under **User variables**, select **Path**, then **Edit > New**. Add the full path to the folder directly containing `exiftool.exe`, such as `C:\Users\<username>\Tools\ExifTool`, replacing `<username>` with your Windows user folder name. Select **OK** to save and close the dialogs.
6. Open a new PowerShell window so it picks up the change.

## Verify the installation

Expand Down
Loading