exiftool.exe runs from AppData folder

[Lewis]

When you select ExifTool from a file's properties, the .exe runs from a temporary folder inside C:\Users\<username>\AppData\... (on Windows).
This happens whether XnView MP is installed in Program Files or as portable from a different location.

IDK if this qualifies as a bug, but it's improper behavior. Executable files should stay in Program Files or wherever the portable folder is.

[xnview]

how do you see that?

[michel038]

I suppose that the Exiftool version that is in use is an auto-extract exe version (extract some files in a temporary folder) .
Since some weeks (months?), new versions of Exiftool are different : a small exiftool.exe and a folder (exiftool_files) for all needed files.
So with new versions of exiftool, it won't move, there is no need to extract files at each use ...

[Lewis]

how do you see that?

I have security software that alerts me when something wants to run from a user-writable location (roughly anything outside of "Program Files" and "Windows" folders).