Roger Mills wrote:
I've been running AbbyyFineReader OCR software (for producing editable
text from scanned images) for many years. It was free on a magazine
Cover Disk. It used to run fine on Windows XP and, more recently, on
Windows 7 32-bit professional.

I've just bought a new computer which runs Windows 10 64-bit
Professional, and FineReader won't run on it. It appears to install ok
but opens very briefly and them immediately closes. I've tried all the
compatibility options, and running as Administrator - all to no avail.

Any clues as to how I can make it work? OK, I know that newer versions
are available, but these cost hundreds of pounds (I'm in the UK).

Alternatively, can anyone recommend free or inexpensive software which
does a similar job. I've installed NAPS2 but that seems only to produce
PDF files, and I can't see how to get editable text from it.

T.I A.

FineReader 4 Pro from PC-active 2002

FineReader 6 is looking for TWAIN support in this example.

There was TWAIN, WIA, WIA2. You should need administrator
to access raw hardware interfaces (a "service" could
do this for you).

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...2-e8d944a67d74

Compatibility isn't going to help, if there
isn't a working TWAIN subsystem.

Later versions of the ABBYY product, fiddle with the
Office Menu Bar, which is likely to incur some
wrath from Windows Defender. If your AV product keeps
a log, perhaps it has an entry for the "incursion"
it stopped.

There might be another framework that came after WIA
but I'm unable to find it. I think almost no manufacturer
was willing to use it. Can't seem to find a reference to it.

Paul