Windows 7 Rename Scanners
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I have to say that I found how to do it! I didnt found infos anywhere, but searching on the registry i found where to fix.
- Open Device Manager and go to your scanner: Open properties, go on tab "Details" and look for "Driver Key".
- Right click on the content and copy.
- Open notepad, paste it there. Then, just select whats between braces {xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxxx} and copy.
- Go to registry editor (type "regedit" on start menu), and open:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class
- Time to find the scanner: press Ctrl + F.
- Paste your key there and let it search.
- Once it finds the right key, browse on the subkeys (0000, 0001, etc) until you find the name of your scanner on the right side. It will be on the entry "FriendlyName".My case "HP Officejet 8600 Pro (NET)".
- Double-click on the entry "FriendlyName" and change the name as you want.
- Now, browse to this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\Root\SCANNER
There, browse on the subkeys (0000, 0001, etc) until you find the name of your scanner on the right side. It will be on the entry "FriendlyName".My case "HP Officejet 8600 Pro (NET)".
- Double-click on the entry "FriendlyName" and change the name as you want.
Hope it helps someone, so, no need to spend hours searching :D
I only could find and did the one in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class
It worked great.