Want to remove autoplay options for multiple instances of same mp3 player
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From: Jeff Strickland on 3 Mar 2010 11:10 "ChrisCoaster" <ckozicki(a)snet.net> wrote in message news:6698191d-2c25-4ad8-ab12-a9ad81465d85(a)m37g2000yqf.googlegroups.com... On Mar 1, 9:10 pm, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrj...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > What player are you using? > > File Associations > Open Windows Explorer -- Right-click START> and select Explore. On the > Menu > Bar, click TOOLS>FOLDER OPTIONS>FILE TYPES, then scroll down the list to > MP3, and see what program is called to open your MP3 files. Delete the > file > associations you don't want, and delete any duplicates if there are any. > > When Windows encounters a file type, it goes to a look up list and finds > the > program that is associated with that file type. I've not seen what could > happen with multiple entries of the same file type and different (or > repeated) file associations, but it occurs to me that one thing that could > happen is multiple instances of the associated application might start. > This > is very strange, and I doubt it's the problem, but it doesn't hurt to > look. > > </JS>- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - _______________________ I apologize for not clarifying - this is a physical mp3 player - one that you hold in hand or clip to your belt. Because I have now owned 4 of this player - the View, from Sandisk's Sansa division - 4 of them appear in my Auto-Play options box. I would pretty much like to delete all 4 and start from scratch, as alternately one of two slightly different looking windows pops up when I plug the player in via USB. One allows me to see all the contents in the player's folders, the other does not. -CC <JS> Okay, you have a device that you plug in from time to time to update the files. You have owned four different of these devices over the years, and when you plug the current device in, all four user interface applications are invoked? I've never seen anything like this before. That is, I've never seen a device call more than one application for you to interface with it. This sounds like a job for Device Manager, delete all of the MP3 players, reboot, then plug in the one you want to use. You machine will treat it as if it had never been used before, and ask for the installation CD to load drivers -- maybe. Since the device is USB, then it is also likely to be plug-n-play, and might not ask for the installation CD. The Device Manager is found on the Hardware Tab of the System icon in the Control Panel. That will take care of the hardware issue, but it seems by what you have told me that there are multiple software applications that all get fired up when the hardware comes around. This is fixed through Add & Remove Programs, you have to locate the multiple instances and Uninstall them. </JS>
From: ChrisCoaster on 3 Mar 2010 11:22 On Mar 3, 11:10 am, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrj...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > <JS> > Okay, you have a device that you plug in from time to time to update the > files. You have owned four different of these devices over the years, and > when you plug the current device in, all four user interface applications > are invoked? I've never seen anything like this before. That is, I've never > seen a device call more than one application for you to interface with it.. > > This sounds like a job for Device Manager, delete all of the MP3 players, > reboot, then plug in the one you want to use. You machine will treat it as > if it had never been used before, and ask for the installation CD to load > drivers -- maybe. Since the device is USB, then it is also likely to be > plug-n-play, and might not ask for the installation CD. > > The Device Manager is found on the Hardware Tab of the System icon in the > Control Panel. > > That will take care of the hardware issue, but it seems by what you have > told me that there are multiple software applications that all get fired up > when the hardware comes around. This is fixed through Add & Remove Programs, > you have to locate the multiple instances and Uninstall them. > > </JS>- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - _________________________ Sorry - my Texan must be tripping you up(!) There are two slightly different looking windows - one of which will pop-up when the player is plugged in. One window allows me to see all the files on the player, the other does not. I will, however, try the paths you outlined in your final two paragraphs. Thanks! -CC
From: Jeff Strickland on 3 Mar 2010 11:41 "ChrisCoaster" <ckozicki(a)snet.net> wrote in message news:3d6ef2bc-217b-4016-899e-8ce1c5347803(a)z4g2000yqa.googlegroups.com... On Mar 3, 11:10 am, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrj...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > <JS> > Okay, you have a device that you plug in from time to time to update the > files. You have owned four different of these devices over the years, and > when you plug the current device in, all four user interface applications > are invoked? I've never seen anything like this before. That is, I've > never > seen a device call more than one application for you to interface with it. > > This sounds like a job for Device Manager, delete all of the MP3 players, > reboot, then plug in the one you want to use. You machine will treat it as > if it had never been used before, and ask for the installation CD to load > drivers -- maybe. Since the device is USB, then it is also likely to be > plug-n-play, and might not ask for the installation CD. > > The Device Manager is found on the Hardware Tab of the System icon in the > Control Panel. > > That will take care of the hardware issue, but it seems by what you have > told me that there are multiple software applications that all get fired > up > when the hardware comes around. This is fixed through Add & Remove > Programs, > you have to locate the multiple instances and Uninstall them. > > </JS>- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - _________________________ Sorry - my Texan must be tripping you up(!) There are two slightly different looking windows - one of which will pop-up when the player is plugged in. One window allows me to see all the files on the player, the other does not. I will, however, try the paths you outlined in your final two paragraphs. Thanks! -CC <JS> Texan! I knew something was wrong, English is not your primary language ... <hehehe> Are these Windows Explorer windows, or application windows? Windows Explorer is the what you would use to manage and move files from, for example, My Music to the MP3 device. You could open two Explorer windows side by side, then simply drag a song from My Music in one of the windows to the MP3 device on the other window. This is a handy way to move pictures around too, if you don't know how or why to use Explorer. It's entirely possible (probable even) that the device is calling the user interface application (one of the windows) AND invoking an instance of Explorer (the other window). Anytime you plug in a device and there is a dialog that comes up that says, A new device was found that contains some sort of file, then asks what you would like to do -- Open with, Browse, (and other options) -- you should deselect the ALWAYS DO THIS WITH THIS CONTENT, or when the device comes back in a couple of days or weeks and the content is seen again, Windows will repeat whatever you told it to do, and the device itself might invoke its user interface application at the same time. </JS>
From: ChrisCoaster on 3 Mar 2010 17:11 On Mar 3, 11:41 am, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrj...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > Are these Windows Explorer windows, or application windows? > > Windows Explorer is the what you would use to manage and move files from, > for example, My Music to the MP3 device. You could open two Explorer windows > side by side, then simply drag a song from My Music in one of the windows to > the MP3 device on the other window. This is a handy way to move pictures > around too, if you don't know how or why to use Explorer. > > It's entirely possible (probable even) that the device is calling the user > interface application (one of the windows) AND invoking an instance of > Explorer (the other window). Anytime you plug in a device and there is a > dialog that comes up that says, A new device was found that contains some > sort of file, then asks what you would like to do -- Open with, Browse, (and > other options) -- you should deselect the ALWAYS DO THIS WITH THIS CONTENT, > or when the device comes back in a couple of days or weeks and the content > is seen again, Windows will repeat whatever you told it to do, and the > device itself might invoke its user interface application at the same time. > > </JS>- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - _______________________ They are both explorer windows. First, one of two slightly different dialog boxes pops up, with options to select what to do once the device was detected. I click on "Open Device to Explore Files" so it treats the mp3 Player as "just another" window. The catch here is that the view of the player's files is different depending upon which dialog box is spawned. This is all MS dialog - not applications related to Sansa or other third party. -CC
From: Jeff Strickland on 3 Mar 2010 21:33
"ChrisCoaster" <ckozicki(a)snet.net> wrote in message news:4bfa5e33-980d-43ec-999f-7c5f72103a79(a)m37g2000yqf.googlegroups.com... On Mar 3, 11:41 am, "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrj...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > Are these Windows Explorer windows, or application windows? > > Windows Explorer is the what you would use to manage and move files from, > for example, My Music to the MP3 device. You could open two Explorer > windows > side by side, then simply drag a song from My Music in one of the windows > to > the MP3 device on the other window. This is a handy way to move pictures > around too, if you don't know how or why to use Explorer. > > It's entirely possible (probable even) that the device is calling the user > interface application (one of the windows) AND invoking an instance of > Explorer (the other window). Anytime you plug in a device and there is a > dialog that comes up that says, A new device was found that contains some > sort of file, then asks what you would like to do -- Open with, Browse, > (and > other options) -- you should deselect the ALWAYS DO THIS WITH THIS > CONTENT, > or when the device comes back in a couple of days or weeks and the content > is seen again, Windows will repeat whatever you told it to do, and the > device itself might invoke its user interface application at the same > time. > > </JS>- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - _______________________ They are both explorer windows. First, one of two slightly different dialog boxes pops up, with options to select what to do once the device was detected. I click on "Open Device to Explore Files" so it treats the mp3 Player as "just another" window. The catch here is that the view of the player's files is different depending upon which dialog box is spawned. This is all MS dialog - not applications related to Sansa or other third party. -CC <JS> Okay, can you click on the column heading to resort the files by Name or Type so that they are arranged the same way? The problem you're telling me about now isn't quite the same as what you were saying earlier. I get that you are telling me abnout the same problem, but I was reading that the application was opening multiple times, but Windows Explorer is opening multiple times. Windows sees the device and repeats the instructions you gave it on a prior instance of seeing the device, or a device with the same sorts of files on it. Basically, once you said (by way of a checkbox), "Always do this when you see these ..." It's difficlut for me to tell you what's happening, but it seems that your device is being seen multiple times, or each different kind of file is invoking an instance of Explorer, or some variation of that. When Explorer opens, the files are shown sorted in various ways. You can affect the sort by simply clicking on the heading at the top of any column. There's no reason for Explorer to open two windows and display different file lists from the same device, so I can't really help much anymore from here. What happens if you take the MP3 device to your brother's house, or a friend, or whatever, and plug it in? </JS> |