MP700 drivers for Win11

[KrisL]

Is there a way to operate Canon MP700 from Win11?
I had a Win XP laptop running Win XP with MP700 connected to it.
I occasionally used it for scanning documents but lately the old XP laptop broke down.
Although the MP700 is obsolete now but I don't want to throw it away so rather than buying a new scanner I tried to operate the MP700 from my Win11 computer. I connected it to a USB port but the MP700 showed up with an error icon in device section . I ran the Windows troubleshooting tool and it came up with no driver found.

In the Canon download webpage there are a few drivers listed i.e.
MP700 MP Driver Ver. 5.05 (Windows 7/Vista)
Ver.500a for Windows XP
and some for Win98 etc.
Does anybody knows which of the drivers would work in Win11 if I ran it in the compatibility mode of the operating system? I greatly appreciate your advice.

[normadel]

Try the Windows 7/Vista driver. Many Vista/7/8/10 drivers work quite well with Win11.

XP and 98, definitely not.

[KrisL]

Thx Normandel. I pulled across the driver for Vista mp700mpsvst505en.exe. In the properties window I set the compatibility to Vista (see pic)and ran it. It came up with error: "this program is for 32 bit ..." (see pic). I ran the troubleshooting program on the file but it did not come up with anything. I don't know if 32bit program can run on 64bit system. Is there anything that you can suggest? Thx for your advice.

[normadel]

Since there is no 64-bit driver it looks like you are out of luck.

A "possible" solution is to run  XP in a Virtual Machine under Win11. If you have a legit license for XP.  It's not something I can really help with but you can web-search this or get help from a computer guru.

[KrisL]

Thx for your comment. It seems you're correct. In the meantime I tried the driver for Win98 but it was the same story. It appears Win11 doesn't accept 32bit based drivers and there is no 64bit available for the MP700.  As for the Virtual Machine it may be too involved for the tasks at hand. 

[normadel]

I agree on the practicality of a Virtual machine. I have tried it before but it can get messy.

There was a 64-bit XP that didn't really get much attention. Everything after that has been 64-bit but ability to use 32-bit drivers gradually disappeared.

Another solution would be to have another computer with XP on it to run the scanner from. You can pick up an older computer (laptops are easy to find room for), just for XP. I maintain a couple of 12+ year-old laptops that I can put in a hard drive with XP installed so I can use some specialized software that can't run on anything later than XP. Thrift stores and eBay are good places to find candidates.

[KrisL]

Thx. I have an old XP desktop that I haven't used for years. Hopefully it still works. If it does then I'll install the whole suite from the original installation CD.