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

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In the following example, CanoScan LiDE90 will be set to start MP Navigator EX when a Scanner Button is pressed.

Caution

* 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.

Caution

* The settings are not effective until you restart the computer.

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