Bug 518995 - exiftool.exe Not Found On First Use
Summary: exiftool.exe Not Found On First Use
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: digikam
Classification: Applications
Component: Metadata-ExifTool (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 9.0.0
Platform: Microsoft Windows Microsoft Windows
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Digikam Developers
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Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2026-04-15 15:49 UTC by hardy.public
Modified: 2026-04-15 18:22 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Latest Commit:
Version Fixed/Implemented In: 9.1.0
Sentry Crash Report:


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2026-04-15 15:49 UTC, hardy.public
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Description hardy.public 2026-04-15 15:49:23 UTC
Created attachment 191532 [details]
Screenshot of warning

SUMMARY
On launch, there's a warning that "ExifTool is not available in your digiKam installation...."

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Launch digiKam


OBSERVED RESULT
On launch, there's a warning that "ExifTool is not available in your digiKam installation...."

EXPECTED RESULT
No warning because exiftool.exe is confirmed present in the digiKam installation folder.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 11

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Speculating that this could be because I installed v9 on a D: drive (i.e. D:\Program Files\digiKam) whereas the previous version v8 was installed on C: drive. Perhaps the location of the exiftool.exe is stored in the database used with v8 which is now wrong for v9.

Hitting the Change button and browsing for the v9 exiftool.exe location in settings fixes the issue.
Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2026-04-15 18:21:48 UTC
digiKam intentionally does not delete its configuration so that it can be reused. Set the path to the new ExifTool installation in the setup. Or delete the old digikamrc file beforehand.

https://docs.digikam.org/en/getting_started/installation.html#configuration-files

Maik