Epson V300 not working properly after April update

After the April Windows 10 update, my Epson V300 scans one page as usual. When I click on the scanner icon to scan another page, the top of a box with Epson in the caption flickers at the bottom left of the screen, and the Epson scanning utility displays Not Responding. Closing the Epson utility does not restore scanning. I have to reboot to scan one more page. Otherwise, I am not having problems with the April update and would rather not revert back.

I uninstalled my printer and scanner and all associated software, and reinstalled them. This made no difference. I'm running the latest Epson software from the Epson website.

When you uninstalled them....were they powered off and the cable connecting them to the PC was unplugged?

Yes. USB cables unplugged and powered off.

The only other alternative would be a clean install.

I went the upgrade path myself from 1709 t0 1803 just to see what would work and what would work on my system along with my peripherals. My USB/3.5mm sound adapter doesn't work now. So I'll be doing a clean install with in the next 2 to 4 weeks.

I seem to have solved the problem. After a reboot, I scanned a page, then I tried to scan a second page. When the Epson software froze, I closed the program. I forgot to mention that the scanner also was locked on and couldn't be turned off when the Epson utility froze. To turn off the scanner, I unplugged it, and I also disconnected the USB cable. Then, without rebooting, I plugged in the scanner and connected the USB cable. It's now working fine.

Update: My "solution" only holds during the same session. When I reboot, Windows hangs during bootup. Hitting the reset button causes the computer to boot normally. Scanning then works on one page only. To continue scanning, I have to close the Epson utility when it freezes on the second attempt, then unplug the scanner and plug it back in. Thereafter, scanning works normally until I reboot, when I have to go through the above procedure again.

This is a nuisance, but better than a clean install, since I don't scan every day. I did a clean install when I upgraded from Windows 8.1, and it's something I will put off as long as possible.

My Epson v300 Photo was also messed up. I uninstall the 3 software items in Program and Features.
Downloaded and installed new software.

Driver 1st then Event Manager and then Copy Utilities.

The Driver lets you do a normal scan.
Event Manager controls the 4 buttons on the scanner.
Scan, PDF, Copy, E-mail
Scan saves file.
PDF saves scan as a PDF.
E-Mail opens a new E-mail and adds the scan file.
Copy lets you send to a printer.

Mine is working fine now.

Jim

Re Compumind suggestions: I haven't contacted Epson support. They don't have an uninstall tool online.

I followed your suggestion to delete the entries under USB Devices in Device Manager and also uninstalled the scanner and printer again to the best of my ability. Now the situation is better in some respects but overall worse. When I actually get to Windows 10, the scanner works fine on most but not all bootups. The problem is that it takes many resets to get a bootup that doesn't hang. I keep resetting until I get to Preparing Automatic Repair, then wait for the screen advising that Automatic Repair failed. (It always fails.) Continuing to Windows 10 works sometimes but not always. When it doesn't, I keep resetting until I get back to Preparing Automatic Repair.

A clean install would be sheer misery, but so is the current situation.