I cant seem to "install" LosslessCut for Windows?
from sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca on 29 Nov 02:52
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I have it in a folder where thats the only place I seem to be able to run it from, it doesnt offer to, like, install it.

Anyone know why it cant?

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BCsven@lemmy.ca on 29 Nov 03:20 next collapse

When you unzipped the file is a loslesscut.exe file and some fokders, or is it an msi, cab, file named setup.exe etc.

tal@lemmy.today on 29 Nov 06:52 collapse

Looking at their releases page:

github.com/mifi/lossless-cut/releases

It looks like the Windows release isn’t packaged with an installer, so it’s probably expected to be run in that way.

No fundamental reason that a Windows binary needs to be distributed in such a fashion.

I’m long out of date on Windows, but in the past, and I am sure now, you can still stick a shortcut or whatever in the Start menu manually.

EDIT: If the issue is that it needs to be invoked with a current working directory of the executable’s directory, it sounds like you can go to the Properties on a Windows shortcut and set the “Start in” directory. That being said, I don’t have a Windows machine handy to test, and if that isn’t possible, you could create a short .bat script that does a “cd” to the directory before running the binary, and instead launch a shortcut to that.