
- #Driver missing on canon solution menu ex .exe#
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- #Driver missing on canon solution menu ex windows 10#
If you don't use RevoUninstallerPro (there is a 30 days free trial version you can download) you could use the Regedit program in Windows to edit your register, removing all Canon (or Solution Menu X) entries. You can search for them on the Canon website. Once you have cleaned out the Soluton Menu X items, you have to re-install the necessary Canon drivers. The trick, in my case, was to "Uninstall with RevoUninstallerPro" after a right click on the Canon folder in my Program Files section. Revo removed the Solution Menu X items remaining behind after my normal Control Panel uninstallation of Canon drivers. I gave a solution in my previous posting. It is simply a fact that this tool helped me to overcome my biggest problem after installing Win 10. I could now print and scan from Windows 10.
#Driver missing on canon solution menu ex drivers#
To my pleasant surprize, the Solution Menu EX program files were revealed and could be deleted with Revo.Īfter that, I installed the latest drivers for my Canon printers and scanners and all was well again. Then I clicked on "Uninstall with Revo Uninstaller Pro".

I right-clicked on this seemingly empty Canon subfolder. I went to the seemingly empty Canon subfolder that remained in the Program Files (x86) folder after the standard uninstallation of the Canon drivers and software.

I used Revo Uninstaller Pro, in the following way. One could use any method to remove hidden program files or remnants of uninstalled programs you have at your disposal. And they seem to consist of hidden files. They do not seem to be removed by a standard Windows uninstallation of the Canon drivers and programs. The trick is to get rid of the Solution Menu EX elements. The only way I could fix this, was by uninstalling all Canon printer / scanner software on my PC's COMPLETELY, followed by downloading and re-installing the latest relevant Canon printer and scanner drivers. And neither the printers nor the scanners would work. An error message about Canon's Solution Menu EX program popped up on system startup. In every case, I encountered problems with running my Canon printers and scanners from the newly installed Win 10.
#Driver missing on canon solution menu ex windows 10#
I installed Windows 10 on all my PC's running Win 7 and Win 8.1. (That is if the printer is connected by USB wire.) It is also important to have your printer switched on and to have its wire connected to a USB port on your computer while running Setup.exe.
#Driver missing on canon solution menu ex .exe#
exe driver file) to install the printer driver properly and to avoid the error message " A driver supporting solution menu X not installed". You have to run this Setup.exe file (not the initially downloaded. Inside this subfolder you will find a Setup.exe file.

exe file) was automatically created inside the Downloads folder. exe file) was stored in your Downloads folder, you will notice that a subfolder carrying the name of this downloaded driver (the. If your initially downloaded driver (the. exe file) did not really add my Canon printer to "Drivers and Printers" - or did not connect the printer to the computer - as I had thought. I then discovered that the initially downloaded driver (an. I got the same message after installing the driver of my Canon printer on a computer running Windows 10 ("A driver supporting solution menu X not installed").
