Solved No Windows Fax and Scan

fixer said:

I challenge you to do it. The download no longer works. Anyway, who needs fax these days? Windows Scan is what is currently available, Fax and Scan is not.

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Actually Fax is surprisingly useful when you need to send secure / proprietary documents. Standard email transmission of scans can be too easily either missed (typical people in largish organisations often get zillions of emails so easy to miss / delete something), plus it's much harder for other 3rd parties including Police and FBI to get a copy of the transmitted fax especially if the line is scrambled at both ends. The destination fax can be in a dedicated secure area too away from prying eyes.



Some of this older technology might seem quite Dinosaur like to some - but it's often much harder to break than more modern stuff -- also with a lot of this stuff the knowlege base is quite quickly disappearing too. I still find on XP (on a VM) the old winfax program very effective !!!

So don't always turn your nose up at this older stuff. A simple one time pad for example will beat any modern encryption whether using a classical or a quantum computer. !!!

Cheers
jimbo

OAT said:

Yes, you are correct I can download it either.
I must add that on Canary/Dev it isn't an optional installation either.
I am sure the store has other alternatives.

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Odd as it's available on Canary for my install

I got an install in Win11 24H2 via Win-I > System > Optional features > Add an optional feature > View features > check Windows Fax and Scan > Next > Add. But it didn't add a Start Menu link. Using Everything, I found a working link buried in a subfolder under C:\Windows\WinSxS.