Mkvpropedit.exe: Access is denied

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Well, I’ve come across an odd problem. I moved over to the Windows Store version a while back, and everything’s been great with MKVToolNix. However, when I went to use some of the command line utilities, something is amiss. For example, from a terminal window:

C:>mkvpropedit
‘mkvpropedit’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

That’s a little worrying, as one would expect it to be in the PATH. Just out of curiosity, I went digging around to see where the Store actually puts things, even though the Store really, really doesn’t want you there. (trivia: it’s C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\53641MoritzBunkus.MKVToolNix_88.0.0.0_x64__dzwm38c22apxe\mkvtoolnix)
If one manages to use an admin terminal to get to the folder, it’s sort of equally useless:

[…]\mkvtoolnix>mkvpropedit
Access is denied.

So, I’m not really sure what to do (already did the de/install cycle). I can use the Linux versions via WSL since I’m in a command line interface anyway, but obviously I’d rather just use the Windows version I have installed! Can one of you folks point out what I screwed up?

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Please read this FAQ entry. It explains why it’s currently (and likely for the foreseeable future) impossible to use the CLI tools from the store version directly.

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Ah, sorry, somehow I missed that :/ That’s OK, though, I only need mkvpropedit on an infrequent basis, so I’ll just use the linux install, or something!

Thanks again, I promise to actually look for a FAQ next time!

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No worries. I don’t expect everyone to read the FAQs. They exist primarily so that I don’t have to repeat myself all the time. Instead, I can write up extensive explanations & point people to it.