I just got one of those internal multi memory card reader/writers that plugs
into the motherboard via usb

all works fine, but now always in explorer there's 4 extra drives and the
icon in the taskbar to safely remove hardware.

my question is, can i get rid of all that, and have it only show one drive
when a card is actually present, along with the icon to safely remove? for
example when you plug a thumb drive in, a new 'removable drive' appears in
explorer and the icon to safely remove... then when you take it out it's
gone... that's what im trying to get happen. i want it to act like that
when i put a card in, rather than say there's 4 empty removable disks there
always.

The cd that came with it only has drivers for previous versions of windows
as they were not needed for xp... im pretty sure what im asking is possible,
2 friends with different brand card readers act in that fashion so im hoping
it's just some settings i need to change with XP

thx

you can "disable" the individual
drivers in device manager..


"Bob Dole" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I just got one of those internal multi memory card reader/writers that
>plugs into the motherboard via usb
>
> all works fine, but now always in explorer there's 4 extra drives and the
> icon in the taskbar to safely remove hardware.
>
> my question is, can i get rid of all that, and have it only show one drive
> when a card is actually present, along with the icon to safely remove?
> for example when you plug a thumb drive in, a new 'removable drive'
> appears in explorer and the icon to safely remove... then when you take it
> out it's gone... that's what im trying to get happen. i want it to act
> like that when i put a card in, rather than say there's 4 empty removable
> disks there always.
>
> The cd that came with it only has drivers for previous versions of windows
> as they were not needed for xp... im pretty sure what im asking is
> possible, 2 friends with different brand card readers act in that fashion
> so im hoping it's just some settings i need to change with XP
>
> thx
>

ya but then i have to re-enable the specific one i want when i put a card in

"DatabaseBen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> you can "disable" the individual
> drivers in device manager..

just keep the one enabled
and disable the others you don't use/need...


"Bob Dole" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> ya but then i have to re-enable the specific one i want when i put a card
> in
>
> "DatabaseBen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> you can "disable" the individual
>> drivers in device manager..
>
>

If your friends media driver only detects when a card is pluged in it would
likely be as a result of a specific card reader driver.
What you are seeing is win default

"Bob Dole" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:ug2%(E-Mail Removed)...
> I just got one of those internal multi memory card reader/writers that
plugs
> into the motherboard via usb
>
> all works fine, but now always in explorer there's 4 extra drives and the
> icon in the taskbar to safely remove hardware.
>
> my question is, can i get rid of all that, and have it only show one drive
> when a card is actually present, along with the icon to safely remove?
for
> example when you plug a thumb drive in, a new 'removable drive' appears in
> explorer and the icon to safely remove... then when you take it out it's
> gone... that's what im trying to get happen. i want it to act like that
> when i put a card in, rather than say there's 4 empty removable disks
there
> always.
>
> The cd that came with it only has drivers for previous versions of windows
> as they were not needed for xp... im pretty sure what im asking is
possible,
> 2 friends with different brand card readers act in that fashion so im
hoping
> it's just some settings i need to change with XP
>
> thx
>
>

My USB drive letter manager (USBDLM) can remove the drive
letters. It brings back the letter(s) when you put a card
in the reader.
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/usbdlm_e.html

Uwe



Bob Dole wrote:
> I just got one of those internal multi memory card reader/writers that plugs
> into the motherboard via usb
>
> all works fine, but now always in explorer there's 4 extra drives and the
> icon in the taskbar to safely remove hardware.
>
> my question is, can i get rid of all that, and have it only show one drive
> when a card is actually present, along with the icon to safely remove? for
> example when you plug a thumb drive in, a new 'removable drive' appears in
> explorer and the icon to safely remove... then when you take it out it's
> gone... that's what im trying to get happen. i want it to act like that
> when i put a card in, rather than say there's 4 empty removable disks there
> always.
>
> The cd that came with it only has drivers for previous versions of windows
> as they were not needed for xp... im pretty sure what im asking is possible,
> 2 friends with different brand card readers act in that fashion so im hoping
> it's just some settings i need to change with XP
>
> thx
>
>