Network scanner setting location

Question

_{Wednesday, June 13, 2018 6:03 PM}

I am attempting to automate the profile based setting for network scanners and not sure where in Windows 10 the setting is stored (registry, ini file, (group/local) policy, etc).

Specific - In Windows 10, to add a network scanner you open Scanners and Camera (it is not obvious how to get to this, btw.  I have to go into control panel, search for scanners and then open the View Scanners and Devices sub section).

In Scanners and Cameras, after you add the scanner drive and go into Properties for your scanner.  There you select the Network Connection tab and check "use a specific scanner" and enter the IP address for your network based scanner.

This is profile specific.  A different user logs in and has to do the same thing.  I'm looking to automate that process for all users that log into that workstation.

Question - where is that setting stored in the system?  I've looked through the registry and online to little avail.  Anyone know where this setting is stored so I can script or otherwise automate the setup.  I'm also open to a 3rd party app that accomplishes the same thing.

All replies (3)

_{Thursday, June 14, 2018 2:18 AM}

The location of scanner depends on the scan engine rather than Windows. ISIS drivers save their settings in C:\windows\setscan.ini. Kofax has its own kofax.ini file. TWAIN and WIA are less standardized, so they don't have a unique location as far as I know.

You may go to %userprofile%\AppData\Local to see if there is something related to your scanner, if there is, a scanner.ini contains all of the scanner settings when the scanner is configured. These settings are retrieved from scanner configuration file that Windows creates when the scanner is installed.

Good luck.

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_{Friday, June 15, 2018 9:02 AM}

Would you mind letting me know the update of the problem? If you need further assistance, feel free to let me know.

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_{Sunday, March 1, 2020 5:13 PM}

Try C:\Users\userProfile}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\UserScanProfiles

In Windows 10 if you're using a WIA scanner driver the profiles are stored in the above mentioned directory in SCANPROFILE(x).XML files.