Duplicates on scanner 'one-button' menu

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In message <JT295KC$e3iCFwTN@easton.demon.co.uk>, Neale D. Hind
<nospam@127.0.0.1> writes
>I have an Epson 2450 Scanner. In addition to the power button, it also
>has one of those buttons that you can press to pop up a menu of scanner
>relevant activities.
>
>Over time, duplicates have appeared for items on this menu (e.g. Epson
>Photo Print appears three times, Epson Smart Panel appears three times
>(only one of which works). The settings for these options are stored in:
>
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StillImage\Events\ST
>IProxyEvent
>
>If I delete them from here and restart the machine they temporarily
>disappear. But, once I use the scanner button, the duplicates return.
>I'm guessing this is something to do with the entries in ControlSet002
>/ ControlSet003 / ControlSet004.
>
>I'm uncertain of tinkering with these entries and hope that someone may
>have some advice on how to remove the duplicates permanently.
>
>In a related, but different problem, I've assigned a default action to
>the button that I can't find where to reset. Any tips on that would be
>appreciated as well!

Scrub the second part - I found that in Control Panel Settings for the
scanner. Still stuck on removing the duplicate items though.

--
Neale Hind
Insanity is hereditary, you get it from your children

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"Quaoar" wrote:

> Neale D. Hind wrote:
> > I have an Epson 2450 Scanner. In addition to the power button, it also
> > has one of those buttons that you can press to pop up a menu of
> > scanner relevant activities.
> >
> > Over time, duplicates have appeared for items on this menu (e.g. Epson
> > Photo Print appears three times, Epson Smart Panel appears three times
> > (only one of which works). The settings for these options are stored
> > in:
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StillImage\Events\STIProxyEvent
> >
> > If I delete them from here and restart the machine they temporarily
> > disappear. But, once I use the scanner button, the duplicates return.
> > I'm guessing this is something to do with the entries in
> > ControlSet002 / ControlSet003 / ControlSet004.
> >
> > I'm uncertain of tinkering with these entries and hope that someone
> > may have some advice on how to remove the duplicates permanently.
> >
> > In a related, but different problem, I've assigned a default action to
> > the button that I can't find where to reset. Any tips on that would be
> > appreciated as well!
> >
> > Cheers,
>
> comp.sys.periphs.scanners will offer good assistance.
>
> Q
>
>
>
Or you could go to the Epson site and do some research.