Vista - Re: scan to email defaults to WM instead of WLM?

03-04-2008

(cross-post added to Vista P F & S)
"Ian Cockram" <iancockram@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:184C8738-D331-4699-B71E-CF959F46235F@xxxxxx

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> Thanks Peter ............. tried your fix but no luck I'm afraid.
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> I'm astonished that even via Google I can't find others similarly stuck! I
> can't be the only person with a recent Epson scanner (V350), Vista, and
> using WLM instead of WM.
> I'm 90% sure that other Epson scanner users (V100, V200, V500, V700 & V750)
> would all have the same problem in this scenario, and as Peter has pointed
> out, perhaps other manufacturers as well? Ho hum.

Have you tried the Vista newsgroup which specializes in that hardware? <eg>
Cross-posting for convenience.

BTW I think you should also look at the HKCU version of the same key...
FWIW I had a related problem with IE's File, Send, Page by E-mail
which WLMail was overriding and found it had made itself the Default
Mail Client in that key and that was superseding the HKLM setting
which made OE the Default. The same would occur if there is still
an HKCU value overriding whatever you tried to do in HKLM.
I would try using ProcMon (or RegMon) to find out which keys and
values the scanner software is trying to access.

Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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> "Peter.R" <Peter.R@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> I cant speak for Epson scanners, but I had the same problem with my
>> Canon scanner. To link to WLMail, I added a new Value to the registry key:
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Canon\CanoScan Toolbox Ver4.1\Devices\MAPI
>> In that key I found a list of six e-mail programs, where the Values for
>> that key were the numbers 1 to 6 with the Data for each Value simply being
>> the name of an e-mail program. Windows Live Mail was not included in this
>> list, so I added it thus: Right-clicked on the above mentioned
>> key->New->String Value. I named the new Value '7', then double-clicked the
>> new Value and entered 'Windows Live Mail' in the 'Value Data:' field. I
>> then opened up CanoScan Toolbox and selected the Mail button. I then found
>> 'Windows Live Mail' listed under 'Link scanned images to'->'Set'. After
>> selecting 'Windows Live Mail' under 'Set', I clicked 'Apply'. The path to
>> WLMail was found automatically, which I confirmed by checking the registry
>> value 'EMailData' at the key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Canon\CanoScan
>> Toolbox\4.1.3.6\Data. The path there was now C:\Program Files\Windows
>> Live\Mail\smapi.dll
>> While I was at it, I added 'Hotmail' to the list as well. I believe the
>> path for the mail clients are taken from the registry key:
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail
>> I am sure something similar could be applied to the Epson scanner
>> software.
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Peter

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03-04-2008	#1 (permalink)
Robert Aldwinckle n/a posts	Re: scan to email defaults to WM instead of WLM? (cross-post added to Vista P F & S) "Ian Cockram" <iancockram@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:184C8738-D331-4699-B71E-CF959F46235F@xxxxxx Quote: > Thanks Peter ............. tried your fix but no luck I'm afraid. > > I'm astonished that even via Google I can't find others similarly stuck! I > can't be the only person with a recent Epson scanner (V350), Vista, and > using WLM instead of WM. > I'm 90% sure that other Epson scanner users (V100, V200, V500, V700 & V750) > would all have the same problem in this scenario, and as Peter has pointed > out, perhaps other manufacturers as well? Ho hum. Have you tried the Vista newsgroup which specializes in that hardware? <eg> Cross-posting for convenience. BTW I think you should also look at the HKCU version of the same key... FWIW I had a related problem with IE's File, Send, Page by E-mail which WLMail was overriding and found it had made itself the Default Mail Client in that key and that was superseding the HKLM setting which made OE the Default. The same would occur if there is still an HKCU value overriding whatever you tried to do in HKLM. I would try using ProcMon (or RegMon) to find out which keys and values the scanner software is trying to access. Good luck Robert Aldwinckle --- Quote: > > > > "Peter.R" <Peter.R@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:97165EBE-3BC2-4507-B857-88423DC7F9CF@xxxxxx Quote: >> I cant speak for Epson scanners, but I had the same problem with my >> Canon scanner. To link to WLMail, I added a new Value to the registry key: >> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Canon\CanoScan Toolbox Ver4.1\Devices\MAPI >> In that key I found a list of six e-mail programs, where the Values for >> that key were the numbers 1 to 6 with the Data for each Value simply being >> the name of an e-mail program. Windows Live Mail was not included in this >> list, so I added it thus: Right-clicked on the above mentioned >> key->New->String Value. I named the new Value '7', then double-clicked the >> new Value and entered 'Windows Live Mail' in the 'Value Data:' field. I >> then opened up CanoScan Toolbox and selected the Mail button. I then found >> 'Windows Live Mail' listed under 'Link scanned images to'->'Set'. After >> selecting 'Windows Live Mail' under 'Set', I clicked 'Apply'. The path to >> WLMail was found automatically, which I confirmed by checking the registry >> value 'EMailData' at the key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Canon\CanoScan >> Toolbox\4.1.3.6\Data. The path there was now C:\Program Files\Windows >> Live\Mail\smapi.dll >> While I was at it, I added 'Hotmail' to the list as well. I believe the >> path for the mail clients are taken from the registry key: >> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail >> I am sure something similar could be applied to the Epson scanner >> software. >> -- >> Cheers, >> Peter > > >
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