Having added files from a Win98 installation CD into a directory on my XP system and registered the critical files as per instructions below, I have used Kodak Imaging in WinXP Home for well over a year, if not two. This has worked on more than one installation by following this procedure......
1. Make a new subdirectory in 'Programs' called 'Imaging'
2a. for W9x - Copy into your new subdirectory 'KODAKIMG.EXE' from the
\Windows directory and the following files from \Windows\System:
OIUI400.DLL
OITWA400.DLL
OIPRT400.DLL
OISLB400.DLL
OISSQ400.DLL
OIADM400.DLL
OICOM400.DLL
OIDIS400.DLL
OIFIL400.DLL
OIGFS400.DLL
IMGCMN.DLL
IMGEDIT.OCX
IMGSCAN.OCX
IMGSHL.DLL
IMGTHUMB.OCX
IMGADMIN.OCX
IMGOCXD.HLP
3. Register the OCX files in the system. If you have installed XP
Powertoys do this by right-clicking the new 'Imaging' subdirectory IN
THE LEFT PANE of Explorer. Click 'Open Command Window Here'. If not,
then in Start/Run, type 'cmd' and navigate to the new imaging
sub-directory. At the prompt type:
regsvr32 imgadmin.ocx
Repeat for:
regsvr32 imgedit.ocx
regsvr32 imgscan.ocx
regsvr32 imgthumb.ocx
(Unregistering is regsvr32 imgadmin.ocx /u)
4. Now when you double-click Kodakimg.exe the program should load ok.
5. Finally, change the association of .tif and .tiff files in WinXP
Explorer to point to kodakimg.exe.
[B]Problem[/B]
In past week or so, I have started to get Scanner handler errors when trying to append a document to an existing tif file opened with Kodak Imaging. Scanning a new document still worked fine but appending to an existing document repeatedly produced this error.
[B]Steps taken to resolve:[/B]
First unregistered and reregistered the .ocx files used a command prompt window. No joy.
I also removed all the Imaging files and replaced them in the same directory with files from a backup in case they had become corrupted. No joy.
I uninstalled my scanner (drivers and software), removing all registry entries left as shown by regcleaner.
This did not work and the same error was produced by selecting the native Windows scanner software.
I then restored an image of my whole system from one made a few weeks previously when Kodak Imaging was still appending to existing documents with no problems. This did not work either.
This morning I have removed the Kodak Imaging files again, having unregistered all the .ocx files first. I then used regcleaner to remove all entries that seemed to be related to Kodak imaging including Woi/oi.
Using back up inaging files I wnet through the install / registering process again - hey presto, fixed.
However, windows is now not letting me change the program with which .tif files atr automatically opened (as it had done before). Browsing to Kodak imaging merely results in the kodak imaging icon NOT appearing in the list and the tif file opening with the default windows picture and fax viewer.
Could anyone suggest how I might resolve this last remaining problem?
