I usually use the “Windows Scanner and Camera Wizard” to import pictures from my digital camera to my desktop PC via a card reader. However, my computer recently developed an annoying problem: although Windows autorun detected that a Compact Flash card had been put into the reader, and although it asked me if I wanted to use the Scanner and Camera Wizard to import my pictures, once I clicked “OK” to so… nothing happened. The wizard worked perfectly if I attached the Canon PowerShot directly to the computer, but nothing happened at all if I put the same memory card into the card reader.
This really bothered me, even if I had an easy workaround available (attaching the camera to the computer instead of the reader). Thankfully, I was quickly able to find that others have had similar problems, and that the good people at the Neoseeker.com forums had a quick registry fix that solved the problem. So if this ever happens to you, simply download this registry file. All you then need to do is unzip it and double-click on the .reg file and select “OK” to import the settings into the Registry. A reboot is not needed; after importing this file, the wizard immediately started working properly on my system.