Installing Canon Digital Photo Professional without the CD

Canon Digital Photo Professional (DPP) software updates can be downloaded for free from the Canon web site. However, they only update an existing software installation. But what if there is no DPP installed on your machine, you cannot find your CD and you have to reinstall the software?

Here are some tricks you can try.

For Windows XP:  create the following registry key entries.  You can do it by hand, or use this registry patch.

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

• Download a Canon Digital Photo Professional software update from the Canon web site.
• Install the software by double clicking on the software update.

Alternatives:

• Download an old version of DPP like http://web.canon.jp/Imaging/sdl/data/dpp100-e.exe
  Then update the software.
• Windows 7:
  DPP seems to run in 32-bit mode so the registry keys look a little bit different:

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]

Mac users:

• Try installing http://web.canon.jp/imaging/sdl/data/dpp100-e.hqx first, and then try to update.