A few months ago, I had an issue with a Windows upgrade bricking my Canon scanner. At the time, I reverted to an earlier version of Windows to "solve" the problem. The update reminders were becoming more aggressive, and eventually, it updated itself again, without asking.
Coincidentally, my other half has just got himself a new machine. Cue several days of his muttering and more, trying to restore his life from his previous machine, which mostly required finding new versions of software, and recompiling a lot of C code. I reminded him of my scanner woes, as I guessed he was about to encounter them, too.
Clearly, his Google-fu is better than mine, and he directed me to a site I hadn't previously found. There is a work-around, and a new version of the CaptureOnTouch software. (Note that the date of the new release is prior to my previous post. Sigh.) So, I downloaded it, unzipped it, and double-clicked the exe. It got partway through the Wizard before bailing. So I uninstalled the previous version, and tried installing again. It worked!
So, I now have both Windows 42H2 and Canon scanning ability. Success!
But it really shouldn't be this difficult.
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