How To Avoid SysWOW64 and Virtual Store?

abrogard · 11 Jan 2019

I have win10 64 bit.

I want to run a dos type batch file that will run an exe file that will download file

When I do it the downloads get put in syswow64 though by rights they should go into the folder that the .exe was run from.

Following some googled advice I moved the batch file to c:\windows\system and ran it from there.

now it deposits the files in appdata\local\virtual store

Just one time it put the files in the right place. a test run of three files. I then went and edited the batch file to run a complete download of 26 files and it started putting them in virtual store.

i don't know what I did wrong. I can't get it back to performing properly.

Any help on how it should be straightforwardly done?

NavyLCDR · 11 Jan 2019

What about adding a CD (change directory) command to the front of the batch file to change directory to where you want the downloaded files to go?

mTaylor0248603 · 11 Jan 2019

Would help if you present your script code here to see what you're doing wrong as well as any third-party programs.

abrogard · 11 Jan 2019

This is just about what fixed it for me. I moved the batch file into the directory where the .exe file was and altered the batch file so's it just calls the .exe rather than calling it via a path. (don't know if that made any difference).

And now it's going well. Right this minute.

That doesn't, though, answer the question: what was going on, why wouldn't it work before?

I can supply details: the .exe file is youtube-dl.exe and the batch file looks like this (originally):

(but I've shortened it, just deleted most entries. shouldn't make any difference, I think?)

@echo on
"c:\Testytdl\youtube-dl.exe" -f best "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmCnQDUSO4I" -o "Dmitri Shostakovich - Waltz No. 2.mp4"
pause
"c:\Testytdl\youtube-dl.exe" -f best "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFJ7kDva7JE" -o "Chopin - Spring Waltz.mp4"
pause
"c:\Testytdl\youtube-dl.exe" -f best "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqmF-B2-3NA" -o "O Sole Mio - Carreras - Domingo - Pavarotti.mp4"
pause
"c:\Testytdl\youtube-dl.exe" -f best "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkJC8p48g6g" -o "Vivaldi - Filiae maestae Jerusalem RV 638.mp4"

:fin

mTaylor0248603 · 12 Jan 2019

After reading some of the documentation and playing around with youtube-dl a bit, based on your script I can see the problem. If you want the downloaded file(s) in a specific location, you must specify that location in the -o section before the file name. Here's an example:

Code:

C:\Testydl\youtube-dl -f best "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVEYJ0PxhZU" -o "Family guy - Every Pizza Place.mp4"

The code above will download the best quality video from the youtube url entered and name it 'Family guy - Every Pizza Place.mp4' in the same directory as the youtube-dl executable file, this is similar to your code.

Now say you wanted to download the video to a folder called 'Family Guy Videos' that's location in the same path as youtube-dl.exe, the code would then look like this:

Code:

C:\Testydl\youtube-dl -f best "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVEYJ0PxhZU" -o ".\Family Guy Videos\Family guy - Every Pizza Place.mp4"

Now lets say that the 'Family Guy Videos' folder was located in another path than where youtube-dl.exe is located or is even in a different drive/partition altogether, in that case you will want to use an absolute path instead and the code may look like this:

Code:

C:\Testydl\youtube-dl -f best "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVEYJ0PxhZU" -o "C:\Users\Admin\Videos\Family Guy Videos\Family guy - Every Pizza Place.mp4"

Or

Code:

C:\Testydl\youtube-dl -f best "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVEYJ0PxhZU" -o "E:\My Videos\YouTube\Family Guy Videos\Family guy - Every Pizza Place.mp4"

An example of a basic batch script with the above info in mind:

Code:

@echo off
goto INIT

:INIT
title my ydl script
cls
setlocal
if exist C:\Testydl set PATH=%YDL_PATH%;C:\Testydl
goto BATCH_JOB

:BATCH_JOB
echo.

youtube-dl -f best "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVEYJ0PxhZU" -o "E:\My Videos\YouTube\Family Guy Videos\Family guy - Every Pizza Place.mp4" >nul
if exist "E:\My Videos\YouTube\Family Guy Videos\Family guy - Every Pizza Place.mp4" echo. " [Family guy - Every Pizza Place.mp4] > [E:\My Videos\YouTube\Family Guy Videos] "

youtube-dl -f best "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74-HJkYCaVc" -o "E:\My Videos\YouTube\Family Guy Videos\Family Guy - Joe Arrests His Son !.mp4" >nul
if exist "E:\My Videos\YouTube\Family Guy Videos\Family Guy - Joe Arrests His Son !.mp4" echo. " [Family Guy - Joe Arrests His Son !.mp4] > [E:\My Videos\YouTube\Family Guy Videos] "

echo.
echo. Press Any Key To Continue...
pause>nul
goto PROG_EXIT

:PROG_EXIT
exit