Hp printer psc2179 software. When Iclick on the Hp Director icon, other than a brief blink of the

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When Iclick on the Hp Director icon, other than a brief blink of the icon nothing comes up. The icons target is Hpqdirec.exe, but the XP search facility can't find this exe file.Tried to reinstall software from Cd supplied with printer but same result -then downloaded software from Hp site in case CD was at fault-no joy - I am desperate to use the ocr feature of the software as I have in the
Please do u have ideas to offer