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<p>It worked! Many thanks for the suggestion Kent.</p>

<p>Hello Kent,<br> Wow - that's impressive. I'll try calling today.<br> Best regards,<br> RoyM</p>

Thanks Jeff - I may well give that a go to see if it is possible to install without the disk. I posted a plea for a copy of the original disk on three forums, but have not had a benevolent response so far.....

<p>As a check, here is my registry additions when 'edited' with notepad:<br> [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CANON]<br /><br />[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CANON\EOS LINK ES-E1]<br /><br />[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CANON\EOS LINK ES-E1\1.1.0]<br /><br />[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CANON\EOS LINK ES-E1\1.1.0\REMOTE]<br />"PATH"="C:\\Program Files\\Canon\\EOS LINK ES-E1"<br /><br />[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CANON\EOS LINK ES-E1\1.1.0\REMOTE\CF]<br />"PATH"="C:\\Program Files\\Canon\\EOS LINK ES-E1\\CFn Combination"<br /><br />[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CANON\EOS LINK ES-E1\1.1.0\REMOTE\PF]<br />"PATH"="C:\\Program Files\\Canon\\EOS LINK ES-E1\\PFn Combination"<br /><br />[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CANON\EOS LINK ES-E1\1.3.0]<br /><br /><br> Although I work with PCs this is not my area. Can anyone tell me if this looks ok?<br> Best regards,<br> RoyM</p>

<p>Arggghhh! I was going so well. I installed the registry keys (at least I think I did this correctly) in my XP VM. Then I made sure that the required folders were also in Windows explorer. On connecting the cable, I did indeed see a 'new hardware device' dialogue and was able to install the Win2K drivers.</p> <p>However, on trying to install the 1.3 version of the software, I am asked for the disk. So either (a) I did not set up the registry entries correctly (although I see a new 1.3.0 key added now!); or (b) I simply cannot get around needing the original disk - or at least a copy.</p> <p>Can anyone help? This is agonisingly close!<br> RoyM</p>

<p>I saw on another thread that you can 'fool' the PC into thinking that the original software is already installed:<br> <strong></strong><br> <strong><em>Bern (sorry I misread your name) if you have the 1.3 updater then you could try installing by first setting up the registry keys to pretend that 1.1 is already present. The relevant bit of the registry looks like this</em></strong><br> <strong><em>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE</em></strong><br /><strong><em>__SOFTWARE</em></strong><br /><strong><em>____CANON</em></strong><br /><strong><em>______EOS LINK ES-E1</em></strong><br /><strong><em>________1.1.0</em></strong><br /><strong><em>________REMOTE</em></strong><br /><strong><em>__________PATH REG_SZ C:\Program Files\Canon\EOS LINK ES-E1</em></strong><br /><strong><em>__________CF</em></strong><br /><strong><em>____________PATH REG_SZ C:\Program Files\Canon\EOS LINK ES-E1\CFn Combination</em></strong><br /><strong><em>__________PF</em></strong><br /><strong><em>____________PATH REG_SZ C:\Program Files\Canon\EOS LINK ES-E1\PFn Combination</em></strong><br> <strong><em>Note that you'll probably also need to create the folders that the keys point to. If that doesn't work and you don't get a CD with the cable, let me know.</em></strong><br> <strong><em>The cable includes a little pod of electronics; AFAIK there is no workround for it, you've just got to have the real thing.</em></strong><br> I think I'll give this a go. Must admit, this frustrates me about Canon. It seems you can get just about any legacy equipment for Nikon, whereas for Canon it seems a little more difficult.</p>

<p>Hello Folks,<br> I just bought the cable - without the software - for a pretty low price. Is it possible to install the software without the original disk?</p>