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?
When you unzipped the file is a loslesscut.exe file and some fokders, or is it an msi, cab, file named setup.exe etc.
Looking at their releases page:
https://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I’m long out of date on Windows, but in the past, and I am sure now, you can still stick a shortcut or whatever in the Start menu manually.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.
The thing is, if the exe is not within its discrete folder, it says something about not having access to ffnpeg or something like that
That’s normal, it’s looking around for its dependencies.
That’s why you create a link/shortcut to the exe instead of moving the exe.
