Does anyone have an idea? I can always run Epson Scan stand alone and save to the desktop or elsewhere and then open in DRAW, but who wants that extra work. I have a feeling this is a registry incompatibility of some sort but am not sure. Going to the restore point fixes the apps and kills access to the scanner by DRAW. Since the scanner and driver work fine if I recover or re-install DRAW under Win 8.1, there isn't a compatibility issue with the scanner and DRAW finds the driver, but all the apps die. If I do a System Restore from a resort point, all the apps work fine, but no access to the TWAIN driver in DRAW. In any case they don't run, just start and disappear.

Note: To use this updater, your Epson product must be turned on and connected to a computer. Epson Software Updater, formerly named Download Navigator, allows you to update Epson software as well as download 3rd party applications. This file contains Epson Software Updater v2.5.0. HOWEVER, almost all of the metro style apps open and then go off screen, but don't close. Description:Software Updater for Epson Perfection V500 Photo. I ran a restore on DRAW and the scanner was now available. When I upgraded to Windows 8.1, I noticed that both the Select Source and Acquire were grayed out in DRAW File. Though old, I loaded DRAW X3 on 64 bit Windows 8 and everything worked fine. My scanner is an Epson Perfection V500, and Epson says it's compatible with Windows 8 - 64. A number of people have said that a 64 bit TWAIN driver must be available if the OS is 64 bit, but that most TWAINS are only 32 bit. I've read a few threads about scanner driver issues and 64 bit Windows with various versions of Draw.

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