ImageMagick installation with Windows and IIS

[jamesmct]

Okay here is the easier way to get ImageMagick to work on your Windows server running IIS.

After you have installed everything, meaning IIS, PHP, MySQL, ODBC and then Coppermine,  you want to download ImageMagick from their website, and install it in whatever directory you want as long as it is one word, ie; c:\imagemagick\

After you have installed that, go to c:\windows\system32 and COPY cmd.exe from c:\windows\system32 and put a copy of it in the folder where you can find php.exe.  So for me, I installed PHP in c:\php\ 
So in c:\php\ i copyed cmd.exe and placed it there.

Then setup Coppermine under the config menu to use Image Magick, but instead of using \'s use "/"

so in the config line you will put c:/imagemagick/  <---  it is so important to put a / at the end or it'll try and put c:/imagemagickconvert.exe and it won't work.   

Then try it.  You shouldn't have any more problems.

Have a nice day

[AlBundy]

Hello !

I did exactly 2 times the same ! And it was working perfect ! Everything was running ! Now I setup (infact of hardware problems) a new server with new versions (Coppermine 1.3.2 - ImageMagick 6.0x - Php 4.3.8 - etc..) now I did exactly the same - BUT this time it isn't woking  I am running Windows2003 Server (all updates), IIS 6.0, Coppermine 1.3.2 ... Any other ideas
Thanks
Alex

[Joachim Müller]

what exactly does

BUT this time it isn't woking

mean? What error message do you get?

Joachim

[AlBundy]

ups sorry !
I was reading so much about the problem and for me the error was clear ... sorry about that ...
When I do the install.php file I type in everything and I get following error :

The installer found the ImageMagick 'convert' program in 'C:/Programme/ImageMagick/', however it can't be executed by the script.
You may consider using GD instead of ImageMagick.

In the meanwhile I gave full execute rights to the IUser on this directory! I installed Version 6.0.8 - on the other server (where it is perfect running under WinServer2003 BUT there is an earlier version installed....) Maybe should I try it with the earlier version ? because I
have exactly the same right on the other server ... hmmm
Any ideas
Thanks a lot !
Alex

[Joachim Müller]

did you try GD as suggested?

Joachim

[AlBundy]

Ahm - no - because I was reading that ImageMagick is better than GD (don't know - I was just reading) and of course - ImageMagick is working on my other two machines fine ... So that was the thing - there are 2 machines running with it without problems ... with same Version of IIS and OS - BUT with newer Versions like MySQL, Coppermine and ImageMagick ...

[cptkoi]

Id just like to say thanks for this post - it works a treat and I am no longer pulling my hair out