Helping HP Director software to play nice with IE7
FIXED!!
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?docname=c00802504&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=hpr_R1002_USEN
Note: If you do not have an HP Software Update option as described in the above article you can conduct a manual search for the update. Go to www.hp.com (or www.hp.com.au if in Australia). Go to "Support & Drivers" then select "download drivers and software" and enter your scanner's name and model number (in Australia, click on the "Software & Driver Downloads" link on the home page then select "download drivers and software", then enter your scanner's name and model number). Then click on the >> button.
You will be prompted to confirm your scanner's name and model number, then you will need to select your operating system.
The download you need to make your HP scanner software work with HP will be listed in the "Update" section as a critical update.
If there is no download available for your particular scanner you can follow the instructions in the HP link above or try the advice directly below.
Run the HP Director (don't click anything yet so your HP Director's windows is still focus).
Press "alt+space" then choose minimize. You might need to click twice until it minimize.
Once it minimize to the bar, right click on it then click restore.
The HP Director will run in a big window. It will run normally but you always have to do those step to run the Director.
Or, if you know what you're doing, create a JS file:
var WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
var dirfile="C:\\Program Files\\Hewlett-Packard\\Digital Imaging\\bin\\Hpqdirec.exe";
var oExec = WshShell.Exec(dirfile);
WScript.Sleep(3000);
WshShell.SendKeys("%( )"); //equivalent of Alt+spacebar
WshShell.SendKeys("nn"); //equivalent of click minimize twice
oExec = WshShell.Exec(dirfile);
Substitute your actual path to the director if necessary -- but make sure to use double backslashes as above
Save the script as filename.js
Credit: Tzjiang and "Mom" in the microsoft.public.internetexplorer newsgroup.
New: Critical update to resolve an issue with HP Director after installing IE7: missing icons and contents of HP Director screens which may not function properly after upgrading to IE7
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=oj-46104-1&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=73501&os=228&lang=en