I use Wondershare Filmora for video recording and am generally satisfied with it. I have it installed on multiple computers. However, because the installation locations differ and Filmora updates frequently (with the version number, like 14.4.3.11809, included in the installation folder path), and I prefer launching it via a batch file from the command line, I constantly had to modify the version number in the batch file, which was quite annoying. Today, I finally modified the launch script, hoping I won't have to change it again.

Initially, I wanted to handle the detection and execution entirely within the fm14.bat batch file, but after trying for a while, I found it too troublesome. Ultimately, I resolved it using a simpler VBScript.

1. fm14.bat

  • Use the command-line interface es.exe of the Everything search engine to find filmora.exe on the hard drive.
  • Pass the output found by es.exe to filmora-exec.vbs.

▼ fm14.bat

@echo off
for /f "tokens=*" %%i in ('es -w -r "^filmora.exe$"') do set FILMORA=%%i
cscript.exe c:\util\filmora-exec.vbs "%FILMORA%"

2. filmora-exec.vbs

  • Parse the data passed from es.exe, look for C: or D:, store the execution path in the filename variable, and finally execute filename.
Dim source, substr, pos, filename ' Argument 1 example: 2025/03/12 10:11 38,008 C:\Users\AccountName\AppData\Local\Wondershare\Wondershare Filmora\14.4.5.11834\Filmora.exe source = WScript.Arguments(0) WScript.Echo source substr = "C:" pos = InStr(source, substr) if pos <= 0 Then substr = "D:" pos = InStr(source, substr) End if If pos > 0 Then 'WScript.Echo "Substring [" & substr & "] index：" & pos filename = """" & Mid(source, pos, 128) & """" ' Assume path length won't exceed 128 significantly WScript.Echo "exec " & filename Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") objShell.Run filename, 0, True ' Run hidden, wait for completion Else WScript.Echo "Cannot find substring '" & substr & "'" End If
#automation #batch scripting #video editing