Starting and Exiting Desktop Browser

This section describes how to start and exit Desktop Browser.

NOTE
For more information on the functions of Desktop Browser, see the following. Functions of Desktop Browser

Starting Desktop Browser

This section describes how to start Desktop Browser.

IMPORTANT
When Desktop is started by selecting [Run as administrator] in Windows, the Desktop operations are not guaranteed.

Select the [Start] menu > [All Programs] > [Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE] > [iR-ADV Desktop] > [imageRUNNER ADVANCE Desktop].

Or, follow one of the steps described below.

Right-click on the shortcut icon of [iR-ADV Desktop] created on the desktop and select [Open], or double-click on the icon.

Right-click on the Desktop shortcut (*.iwl/*.iwlf) of a document or folder and select [Open], or double-click on the icon.

Right-click

(Printer Monitor) or

(Document Monitor) on the Taskbar, and select [Start Browser].

Double-click

(Document Monitor) on the Taskbar.

Desktop Browser is started.

When Desktop is started up for the first time, a Personal Library named "My Library" is automatically registered.

The following folders and manuals are registered in My Library. Each folder contains an Operation Guide and sample documents.

"Paperless Fax" folder

"PDF Handling" folder

"Print Meeting Materials" folder

Link HTML to the Startup Guide

Desktop for Beginners

If a Windows Search confirmation message is displayed, click [OK].

The sample libraries are displayed in the Desktop Browser screen.

NOTE
For Windows 8.1, click on the [Start] screen > [imageRUNNER ADVANCE Desktop]. The screen switches to the desktop, and Desktop Browser starts. For Windows 10, select the [Start] menu > [All apps] > [Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE] > [imageRUNNER ADVANCE Desktop]. Desktop Browser starts. The shortcut for [iR-ADV Desktop] is automatically created during the installation of Desktop. The library name of a Personal Library can be changed. For more information on how to change library names, see the following. Renaming Library Names When you started Desktop Browser from a Desktop shortcut of a document, a corresponding application and Desktop Browser start up and the document is displayed on the corresponding application. If you started Desktop Browser from a Desktop shortcut of a folder, the folder is selected on the Navigation Window and the items in the folder are displayed on the File List View Window. Desktop Browser opens with the same window as when it was last exited. However, when you restart the Desktop Browser, the Navigation Window starts by displaying the [Libraries] tab even if it displayed the [Search Conditions] tab before the restart.

NOTE

For Windows 8.1, click

on the [Start] screen > [imageRUNNER ADVANCE Desktop]. The screen switches to the desktop, and Desktop Browser starts.

For Windows 10, select the [Start] menu > [All apps] > [Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE] > [imageRUNNER ADVANCE Desktop]. Desktop Browser starts.

The shortcut for [iR-ADV Desktop] is automatically created during the installation of Desktop.

The library name of a Personal Library can be changed. For more information on how to change library names, see the following.

Renaming Library Names

When you started Desktop Browser from a Desktop shortcut of a document, a corresponding application and Desktop Browser start up and the document is displayed on the corresponding application.

If you started Desktop Browser from a Desktop shortcut of a folder, the folder is selected on the Navigation Window and the items in the folder are displayed on the File List View Window.

Desktop Browser opens with the same window as when it was last exited. However, when you restart the Desktop Browser, the Navigation Window starts by displaying the [Libraries] tab even if it displayed the [Search Conditions] tab before the restart.

Exiting Desktop Browser

This section describes how to exit Desktop Browser.

Click

(Close) on the Desktop Browser screen.

Or, select the [File] menu > [Exit].