Mp Navigator Ex Ver. 2.05

[Mellissa Sprock]

Althoughofficially the Canon CanoScan LiDE 100 scanner is notsupported on Windows 10 or on Windows 11, I have found that itis fully functional. This article describes the versions ofWindows I have tested the scanner with along with anyobservations.

I have tested the below process using a fresh installation ofWindows 11 Pro (21H2) on a Surface Pro 6. These steps also workfor the CanoScan LiDE 220, something which is supported inWindows 11 but again, no automatic driver installation.

I recently picked up another Surface Pro 2 from eBay and thoughtI would test the scanner on this with a fresh install ofWindows. I installed 21H1 and plugged the scanner in but notedthat it did not initialise and checking Device Manager showedthe device was detected, but no driver was installed. Thefollowing steps let me use the scanner again

After a few minutes your scanner should whirr into life. Itested using paint.net and had no trouble scanning animage. So although it is not as easy as it used to be, thankyou Microsoft for introducing such an unnecessary step, it isstill usable on the latest versions.

The drivers page for the Canon CanoScan LiDE 100 scannerstates that the scanner is not supported in Windows 10 (either32 or 64 bit). As far as Canon is concerned, it is officiallysupported from Windows 2000 to Windows 8.1, and also on OS X10.5 - 10.10. Despite this, it works fine on Windows 10.

Even though no drivers are available to download, I recentlyplugged one of these scanners into my Windows 10 x64 desktop(version 1809). To my surprise, Windows Update kicked in anddownload a set of drivers and then the scanner was partiallyoperational.

What do I mean by partial? I was able to scan using the WindowsImage Acquisition framework (WIA) from several applications.However, none of the buttons on the front of the scanner areoperational - when viewing the properties of the device theproperties page states that no applications are registered thatcan use the buttons. For me, this isn't a problem as I generallyonly scan pictures and so far haven't needed any OCR facilities.

I'm posting this as I wasn't actually expecting the scanner towork. This is the second flatbed scanner I've bought over thelong years, the first one was in the Windows 9x era (also aCanon) and, if memory serves, the scanner simply didn't workwith Windows NT and so once I'd moved onto Windows 2000 it wasan unusable brick.

I bought this scanner second hand from eBay and based on Canon'swebsite and my personal experience of that previous scanner, Iassumed that it wouldn't work with my Windows 10 machines. Whilewaiting for it to be delivered I dug out an old and frankly notvery good netbook and stuck Windows 7 on it. While the scannerworked absolutely fine with this, I decided that I wanted towrite a quick tool for performing chain scanning with as fewuser actions as possible. Given that trying to do real work withthat netbook is not feasible, I plugged the scanner into mydesktop in the slim hope it would work so I could develop mytool. Happily for me, it did!

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Yes, the scanner works with Windows 10 (at least on the two versions that I have personally tested with (64bit versions of 1809 and 1903 (there was an error in the blog article which originally said 1703)), with the caveat that the hardware buttons on the scanner do not seem to work. Over the last two months I've scanned just a touch under 2000 items using Windows 10 on a Surface Pro 2. Any application that uses the WIA method (which I believe is most applications these days) should work absolutely fine, I'm not so sure about older applications that only support TWAIN.

Thanks for the question. In my case the answer is simple - I didn't manually install a driver. I just plugged the scanner in and Windows itself took care of installing an appropriate driver via Windows update. So my suggestion would be to plug the scanner into your laptop via USB and give it a few minutes for the driver to automatically install, at which point you should be good to go.

As an addition, I am currently running Windows 10 version 1909 and it is no problem to get the Canoscan Lide 100 to work as ever in Windows 7. When plugging in the scanner Windows 10 automatically installs a perfectly working driver. On the software page of Canon just ignore the statement that Windows 10 is not supported (which might be true, but nevertheless it is working fine) and choose Windows 8.1 64-bit in the OS dropdown selection list. Then download MP Navigator EX and install. It installs properly and it works no different than it did using Windows 7. Even the buttons on the front of the scanner are working as intended.

Thank you for taking the time to comment! I don't usually bother installing extra software, but as Canon doesn't have as much bloat as HP I gave it a test and can confirm that MP Navigator EX works perfectly fine on Windows 10 version 1909. I'll update the article accordingly when I've done some more testing.

Hi, I love old faithful machines!I recently updated my 12 years old laptop from win7 to win10, but this week I had to use my old canoscan lide 100 scanner. First, just as you wrote, I faced the problem that the scanner is not supported anymore by Canon.But following the tips, I downloaded the win8.1 32 bit driver plus the relevant MP Navigator EX 2.05 (win8.1, 32 bit version) and I can confirm the scanner works well.Windows built number: 19042.631 or 20H2

Just an update. To get it working you can download drivers for windows 8.1 64bit, open exe with 7zip, extract folder Driver. Connect scanner, go to device manager, if you see exclamation mark next to CanoScan just right click > update driver > manually select location > install. It should all work :)

Thanks for the comment! I recently tested the scanner with a fresh install of 21H1 and found that Windows no longer automatically installed a driver. However, running Windows Update and then looking in Optional Updates listed the driver and installed perfectly fine. It isn't as convenient as "plug and play" as it used to be, but easier than your method (although I've used this method before for other hardware :) )

You are wrong.The windows 8.1 driver for the canon lide100 scanner does not work on windows 10 nor windows 11.It works briefly after first installation but locks up.When locked up, the scqanner can be reset only by restarting Windows 10.In windows 11, rstarting the computer is insufficient. Teh scanner can be reset by removing and reinstalling the driver each time the scanner locks-up.

Thanks for taking the time to comment. I can't vouch for Windows 11 as I haven't got it installed. However, I take issue with your "You are wrong" given I've been happily scanning on Windows 10 for the past two years. Each time I update this article it is because I have updated either my desktop computer or my Surface Pro to a newer version of Windows 10 and scanned content.

Unfortunately, this method does not install the CanoScan 210 LiDE on Windows 11. When I go to Windows Update > Check for updates > Advanced options > Optional Updates and expand the Driver Updates node, "Canon - Scanner - CanoScan LiDE 100" does not appear. The only thing Canon-related that does appear is "Canon - Image - 3/10/2016."

I did indeed install the Canon-Image-3/10/2016 driver and discovered that it provides the ability to scan and save to PDF format - only. No other formats are offered and no additional functionality beyond scanning and saving to PDF. In addition, the driver exposes no interface so I must rely on the hard buttons on the LiDE 210, and all the hard buttons do the same thing: scan and save to PDF. Looks like I'll have to find a third-party app and possibly pay for it, which will be less expensive than replacing the scanner.

Thanks for the update. I must admit, I didn't notice you were referring to a LiDE 210 in your original comment... I have no experience of this particular model, only the 100 and 220. However, I do find it passing odd that Windows Update detected a driver for your scanner and it still doesn't work as expected. I find it more odd that you can only scan to PDF. Unless there is something different with that particular scanner, the native format is bitmap, at least when used with WIA.

For myself, the hardware buttons on the 100 never worked with just the base driver, I needed to install an extra piece of software as described above. The hardware buttons on the 220 don't work either, but I have never investigated if the same software works for these as I use the scanner purely via WIA and 5 nines of the time I'm using a bespoke application to chain scan images.

Finally, you mentioned using a third party - if you do go down this route, VueScan seems to be a rather comprehensive software that supports almost any scanner. However, based on an email I sent them a year or so ago in relation to an A3 scanner I'd bought, scanning might only be available for the VueScan software itself, not any other application that uses WIA to integrate scanning.

Sorry, this probably is a bit of a ramble and of not much help. All I can repeat is what I say to other users who usually say "it doesn't work" for the 100 - using basic drivers obtained via Windows Update I've bee able to use the 100 and 220 scanners on Windows 10 and Windows 11 on a variety of different devices without issue. I can't help but think the 210 should be the same as it is a lot newer than the 100.

I also managed to successfully use the CanoScan Lide 100 on Mac OS 10.15, Catalina. It was not a simple task, which included setting up Windows XP on VirtualBox, disabling the scanner from the Mac end, enabling it exclusively on the virtual XP end and manually installing 32 bit XP drivers.

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