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I need to do the same thing. Basically, without going through the install process, what is the minimum configuration needed in order to get convert to run?
I have a few remote XP computers that would make it very difficult to actually type on the keyboard, but I do have file transfer capabilities.
1. Can I just copy a few exe and dll files to the remote PC and get convert to properly execute?
2. Are there any required environment variables?
3. Are there any registry changes made during the install?

Thanks,
cleanfacets

in windows, a "convert" command is provided that conflicts with IM convert. You may be running the wrong executable.

It is recomended you rename IM's convert command to imconvert to avoid this conflict.

Thanks for the reply Anthony,
This is an error from the ImageMagick convert since I'm in a DOS prompt and in the directory of the IM convert program. The windows executable search is in the current directory, then if the os does not find the requested executable, the os will then look at the path environment variable and search the directories listed from beginning to end.
Just to be sure, I renamed the IM convert.exe to imconvert.exe and the error message specifically noted imconvert.exe.
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imconvert.exe - Application Error
The application failed to initialize properly (0xc00000fd). Click on OK to terminate the application.
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Has anyone been able to get any of the IM utilities to function without going through the normal install process? I need to deploy this to a remote pc that I can not run installation packages on, so I can only copy files to the remote pc.

Thanks,
cleanfacets

The binary distribution of ImageMagick for Windows requires an installer to properly set entries in the Windows registry. What you want is an "uninstalled" version of ImageMagick. You will need to build ImageMagick from source which by default permits you to gather the binaries and configuration files into one folder and redistribute them free of dependencies on the Windows registry.