On 18/12/2019 19:40, Frank Slootweg wrote:
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).

Which version of ABBYY FineReader do you have?

I have 'ABBYY FineReader 6.0 Sprint' which came with my Epson scanner.
I got it when I still had Windows Vista, but now have it on Windows 8.1
(64-bit Windows, 32-bit version of ABBYY FineReader) and it works fine,
despite Epson saying it's not compatible with 8.1. No idea if this
version works on Windows 10.

If you're really desperate, I can try to dig up the installation CD
and send its contents to you via wetransfer.com (assuming the email
address in your 'From:' line is correct). If you would like me to
try to find it, let me know (here).

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That's very kind of you. Yes, I'd like to try that please if it isn't
too much trouble. I've had a few more goes at making my version of
FineReader work - all to no avail. Whilst I do relatively little OCR,
and have found workarounds for myself, I'm trying to persuade my wife to
move to Windows 10 (from XP!) and she uses FineReader a LOT and isn't
easily going to settle for anything else.

The stated email address does work. I do wonder though whether your
version has been doctored so as to only work with an Epsom scanner
rather than with any TWAIN compatible scanner.

Many thanks.

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Cheers,
Roger