Solution for: Epson scanner no longer works after Windows 11 update

I found a site that has oem drivers. I downloaded the one for the V600, and it works just fine in Windows 11.

See: https://oemdrivers.com/image-scanner-epson-perfection-v600

I hope Windows Scan is NOT the solution ... I don't want my Scans secretly landing in a hidden Microsoft profiling database.

Microsoft has continually forced un-welcomed tech on users by installing and activating without permission. ESPECIALLY because big tech players are feeding our data to their AI without our permission.

EXAMPLES of Microsoft coercion without User permission:

• Forced AI on users without the ability to disable it. As an author I value owning my IP. Courts are siding with big tech to feed user docs and data to AI without permission or licensing approval. This is a big pending issue (mid 2025).
• Has repeatedly installed and activated OneDrive without permission (Microsoft recently did it again when I found all of my photos on OneDrive Gallery.
  I have an independent cloud backup to maintain my privacy (required by my employer/clients) - this put me in violation of my employer/client agreements.
• I have to waste my billable hours and/or miss deadlines due to monitoring what Microsoft has a done after every upgrade and disabling and removing private data Microsoft has appropriated without my permission.

Today is Monday morning with a full schedule ... ONCE AGAIN I must take time to trouble-shoot how to reconnect a functional scanner that I need to use after recent WIN-11 upgrades.

Some users were having issues with ScanSmart not installing on Windows 11 no matter how many times I ran the installer. What I ended up having to do was extracting the ScanSmart exe file using 7-zip, and opening the MSI folder within. Then manually install each MSI file. ScanSmart would then install and become available as a program. Hope this helps!

SOLVED for EPSON V30 scanner

I tried many of the solutions that others have suggested. I'm not sure whether it was the combination of steps that ultimately worked, or just the final one (step 4), which seems the most likely. Also, please note that Windows Scan initially didn’t detect my EPSON V30 scanner, so that particular solution wasn’t an option for me. Here’s what I did:

1- Reinstalled EPSON Scan Utility v3.50 (dated 11/15/09, file name: epson13534.exe) which Epson lists as compatible with Windows 11.

2- Installed the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable located here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#visual-studio-2015-2017-2019-and-2022

3- Setup EPSON scan to Windows 7 compatibility mode. Right-click on the Epson Scan icon on the desktop, then click Properties. Go to the Compatibility tab. Click the check box next to Run this program in compatibility mode for Windows 7. Then click the OK button.  

4- Restart Windows Image Acquisition (WIA),  On your keyboard, press the Windows logo key and R key at the same time. Type services.msc and click Enter to open the Services window. Right-click Windows Image Acquisition (WIA), then click Restart (three options above properties). For me, this consistently allows EPSON Scan to launch without issues.

If this solution works for you, you can create a simple batch file to restart the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) service. It only takes two lines of code—just copy them into Notepad and save the file with a .bat extension. I named mine WIA_Restart.bat.

Here’s the code:

net stop stisvc

net start stisvc

Note: You’ll need to run the batch file as an administrator. It’s definitely faster than manually opening the Services window and locating WIA to restart it.