Thanks for your reply Yves Alarie.
Sadly it is not listed in devices with removable storage
either. The only place it is listed is in "Device
Manager" under image devices along with my scanner and web
cam. These two are listed under Scanners and Cameras and
my canon camera use to be listed there. But not any more.
I half knew that bigblackglass fix would not work but
tried out of desperation. Ta anyway.

Does anyone else have any other ideas. The fault is as
follows:

When I connect my Canon Powershot A20 to my puter the
>> Scanner and Camera Wizard auto starts. I can then
>> download my pics. The problem is that no Camera icon
>> appears in the Scanner and Cameras window or in "My
>> Computer" Scanner and Camera area. This means I cannot
>> access the properties of my camera. It use to work. I
>> have the correct driver software and have reinstalled
>> several times. I have also tried the bigblackglasses
fix,
>> but no joy. Can anybody help me.
>

Well, it has to be listed somewhere.
You connect your camera and a window opens for you to transfer the photos
from your camera. This works. Obviously XP recognized your camera.
Look at the top of this opening window (blue bar).
Something is written there indicating your camera and drive letter assigned
to it. Mine looks like this.
Sony Memory Stick (H
Open My Computer, look at the menu on the left. The top will be System
Tasks. Change the Tasks view to Folder view by clicking the yellow icon
Folders on the top bar. Look there under My Computer to see if you can
locate you camera. You can then right click on it for Properties.
"Martin Spanswick" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Thanks for your reply Yves Alarie.
> Sadly it is not listed in devices with removable storage
> either. The only place it is listed is in "Device
> Manager" under image devices along with my scanner and web
> cam. These two are listed under Scanners and Cameras and
> my canon camera use to be listed there. But not any more.
> I half knew that bigblackglass fix would not work but
> tried out of desperation. Ta anyway.
>
> Does anyone else have any other ideas. The fault is as
> follows:
>
> When I connect my Canon Powershot A20 to my puter the
> >> Scanner and Camera Wizard auto starts. I can then
> >> download my pics. The problem is that no Camera icon
> >> appears in the Scanner and Cameras window or in "My
> >> Computer" Scanner and Camera area. This means I cannot
> >> access the properties of my camera. It use to work. I
> >> have the correct driver software and have reinstalled
> >> several times. I have also tried the bigblackglasses
> fix,
> >> but no joy. Can anybody help me.
> >
>