Aliasalpha

Oh no, it's not loading media player when I put the card in, that'd just be
an autoplay issue. It's just that when media player is already running and I
plug in a PDA/SDcard in it tries to sync and thats the thing I'm trying to
stop.

"Ian Betts" wrote:

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> "Aliasalpha" <Aliasalpha@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:68E79995-4AA1-476A-BE83-760593DA7EA0@microsoft.com...
> > Hi, I'm experiencing a lot of frustration with Media Player 11 (in 64 bit
> > vista ultimate if there's any significant difference between 32 & 64)
> > trying
> > to synchronise to practically everything I plug into my laptop. I have
> > several small flash memory cards leftover from buying stuff like cameras &
> > PDAs that I use for storing & transferring documents and other small
> > files.
> > The problem I have is that EVERY time I put the card into either the USB
> > reader or my laptop's internal reader (though thats probably just internal
> > USB as well) whist Media Player 11 is running, it tries to establish a
> > synch
> > partnership.
> >
> > Is there any way at all to prevent Media Player trying to create
> > partnerships? I'll be happy even if it disables the entire synch service,
> > I'm
> > never ever going to use it since I'm a crotchetty old curmudgeon (Hey you
> > kids, get off the lawn!) who likes doing all my file transfers manually.
> > I've
> > hunted through the WMP options, rooted about in the registry and scanned
> > google but haven't found anything yet.
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
> > Adrian
> >
> From one old curmudgeon to another, when I stick a card in mine it depends
> what is on the card, If its photos then Picasa opens to transfer because
> that is my default program. If your files are text then no transfer
> normally takes place and normally windows pops up and asks you what program
> you want to use. By what you say they are not music or video clips so I do
> not know why Media player opens?
> --
> Ian
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