Setting up the Scanner Buttons to start MP Navigator EX (Windows)

    02-Nov-2007
    8100051100

    Solution

    In the following example, CanoScan LiDE90 will be set to start MP Navigator EX when a Scanner Button is pressed.
    IMPORTANT
    * In Windows XP, the program selection dialog box may open when you press a Scanner Button for the first time. In that case, select MP Navigator EX, then select [Always use this program for this action] and click [OK]. From the next time, MP Navigator EX will start regardless of the selected scan mode, and scanning will start automatically.
    * Log on to an administrator account before making the settings.
    * If MP Navigator EX is not specified as the application to start, you will need to select an application to start when you press a Scanner Button on the machine.

    * Windows Vista
    Follow the procedure below to change the response resulting from pressing the Scanner Buttons. Log on to an administrator account before making the settings.
    1. Navigate to [Control Panel] - [Hardware and Sound] - [Scanners and Cameras].
    2. Select [WIA CanoScan LiDE 90], then click [Properties].
    3. In the [User Account Control] dialog box, click [Continue].
    4. In the [WIA CanoScan LiDE 90 Properties] dialog box, select the [Events] tab.
    5. In [Actions] on the [Event] tab, set MP Navigator EX as the application to start.
    Set [MP Navigator EX Ver 1.0] for all events in [Select an event].
    If MP Navigator EX is already set, click [Cancel] to exit.
    6. Click [OK].

    * Windows XP
    1. On the Windows taskbar, click [Start], then click [Control Panel], then [Printers and Other Hardware].
    2. In the resulting screen, click [Scanners and Cameras].
    3. Right-click [WIA CanoScan LiDE 90] and click [Properties].
    4. In [Actions] on the [Event] tab, set MP Navigator EX as the application to start. Set [MP Navigator EX Ver 1.0] for all events in [Select an event].
    If MP Navigator EX is already set, click [Cancel] to exit.
    5. Click [OK].

    * Windows 2000
    1. On the Windows taskbar, click [Start], then click [Settings], then [Control Panel].
    2. Click (or double-click) [Scanners and Cameras] in the resulting screen.
    3. In the [Scanners and Cameras Properties] dialog box, select [CanoScan LiDE 90] and click [Properties].
    4. Select an event in [Scanner events] in the [Events] tab, then set [MP Navigator EX 1.0] for [Send to this application].
    If MP Navigator EX is already set, click [Cancel] to exit.
    5. Click [OK].
    Restart the computer.
    IMPORTANT
    * The settings are not effective until you restart the computer.