Canon EOS Hack – How to Download Canon EOS Utility and Install It!

For those of you who lost your Canon EOS software disk that came with your camera, you can easily install it by downloading the latest Canon EOS Utility (or any other software update) and install the full version by fooling your operating system.

The problem is that Canon software updates won’t update if you don’t have the original version installed but we can easily get around that.

For Windows 7 64-bit (which I have), you can save the following as a .reg file:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Canon\EOS Utility]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Canon\DPP]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Canon\ZoomBrowser EX]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Canon\PhotoStitch
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Canon\EOS Capture]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Canon\EOSViewerUtility]

Save it as canon.reg and just open it up to fool your operating system into thinking that those Canon programs are all installed.

Then simply run any Canon EOS software you want to install such as the Canon EOS utility and voila!

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2 Responses to Canon EOS Hack – How to Download Canon EOS Utility and Install It!

1. Anonymous says:

   November 12, 2010 at 10:24 am

   Thank you – it actually works!
2. Chris says:

   January 4, 2011 at 3:14 pm

   Top tip – thanks!