#Scangear tool cannot find scanner drivers#

I’ve tried plugging the scanner into different USB ports to no effect (though it makes windows scurry off for the driver each time I try a new port which is pretty odd) I’ve looked for the exe for Scangear to run it directly, but it don't exist, the Scangear program lives as some DLL kind of ghost in the c:windows/twain_32 folder (I think as I can’t find its source as even Sysinternals process monitor says it is the TWAIN controllers process is the source of Scangear e.g., Irfanview or etc. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled Irfanview and also rolled it back the first 4.x version and then through each version to the current versions 4.33.

#Scangear tool cannot find scanner drivers#

Uninstalled and installed the scanner drivers and associated programs (Canon Toolbox). The odd thing is that MS Office Imaging is always able to see the native (non-WIA) version of the scanner and the WIA one. The infuriating bit is that sometimes, Irfanview and CAN see the native TWAIN source meaning I can access Scangear. My problem is that Irfanview and (mostly) cannot see the native version of my scanners, only the WIA version which means I can’t get at my beloved Scangear scanner interface only the paltry WIA one. When a scanner is installed, there are often TWO versions listed in the TWAIN source list - the native version, and the WIA version. I’ve been using Irfanview, and and MS Office Imaging as TWAIN ‘controllers’.Ĭanon make (IMHO) a really great scanner / TWAIN interface, called “Scangear” (see ) that is way better than the WIA interface. I’ve got a couple of Canon Scanners, one a Lide 600F and the other in a multi function Pixma MG5350 - though this is probably a read herring. Win7 64 bit, fully patched, running on a Tosh Satellite A500. I’ve been tearing my hair out on this one!īaseline stuff.