Device Detected Dialog Box

[Guest]

XP Home SP2, older Dell computer

I recently uninstalled MS Picture It! 2002. Now when I connect and turn on
my old Kodak DC280 digital camera, I get the "Device Connected" box with
thse choices for "Select the program to launch for this action:"
Microsoft Picture It! Photo
Microsoft Picture It! Photo
Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard
Photoshop Elements
Is it possible to remove these curious and nuisance references to Picture
It? I'm considering a Registry Cleaner utility but I've heard bad things
about them so I'm not yet sure I should. I'm very much a novice computer
user!
Also, we're apparently not allowed to paste images in these posts. Correct?

 

[Jim Carlock]

I have an even older Kodak camera. I hate that annoying
popup. I click on the cancel or put a checkmark in the
"Take no action". I prefer to double-click on "My Computer"
and then double-click on the Camera (which Windows XP
tends to RANDOMLY give a new number every couple
months - perhaps due to updates being installed, it's up to
Kodak DC... #7 now -->Windows XP BUG!).

There's a way to stop that dialog from starting up altogether,
and I think all you need to do is to select the "Take no action"
command to get rid of the pop up altogether.

If the "Take no action" selection isn't available, let us know
and perhaps someone will be able to suggest something a
little different.

--
Jim Carlock
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XP Home SP2, older Dell computer

I recently uninstalled MS Picture It! 2002. Now when I connect and turn on
my old Kodak DC280 digital camera, I get the "Device Connected" box with
thse choices for "Select the program to launch for this action:"
Microsoft Picture It! Photo
Microsoft Picture It! Photo
Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard
Photoshop Elements
Is it possible to remove these curious and nuisance references to Picture
It? I'm considering a Registry Cleaner utility but I've heard bad things
about them so I'm not yet sure I should. I'm very much a novice computer
user!
Also, we're apparently not allowed to paste images in these posts. Correct?

 

[Guest]

I have an even older Kodak camera. I hate that annoying
popup. I click on the cancel or put a checkmark in the
"Take no action". I prefer to double-click on "My Computer"
and then double-click on the Camera (which Windows XP
tends to RANDOMLY give a new number every couple
months - perhaps due to updates being installed, it's up to
Kodak DC... #7 now -->Windows XP BUG!).

There's a way to stop that dialog from starting up altogether,
and I think all you need to do is to select the "Take no action"
command to get rid of the pop up altogether.

If the "Take no action" selection isn't available, let us know
and perhaps someone will be able to suggest something a
little different.

--
Jim Carlock
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XP Home SP2, older Dell computer

I recently uninstalled MS Picture It! 2002. Now when I connect and turn on
my old Kodak DC280 digital camera, I get the "Device Connected" box with
thse choices for "Select the program to launch for this action:"
Microsoft Picture It! Photo
Microsoft Picture It! Photo
Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard
Photoshop Elements
Is it possible to remove these curious and nuisance references to Picture
It? I'm considering a Registry Cleaner utility but I've heard bad things
about them so I'm not yet sure I should. I'm very much a novice computer
user!
Also, we're apparently not allowed to paste images in these posts. Correct?

(Hope this works. My first attempt at a reply)

Thanks, Jim, but we appear to be talking about two different diaglog boxes.
I get the one you describe when I (for example) insert a CD in a drive. It
gives me a list of options including "Take No Action".
The one I get when I turn on my camera looks more like this:
Kodak DC280 Camera

Device Connected
Select program to launch for this action:
MS Pictureit!Photo
MS Pictureit!Photo
MS Scanner and Camera Wizard
Photoshop Elements

Then: always use and OK and Cancel. Also, my camera has not been
renamed. Guess our results are somewhat different!

Frank

 

[Jim Carlock]

It's been awhile since I've done this...

What I do is I connect the camera to the computer to download
some pictures, double-click on My Computer to open up and
view the device (Kodak DC240 for me). Right-click on the
device, select Properties. There's a selection there to stop the
dialog from presenting itself ("Take no action").

That'll get rid of the dialog.

As far as the duplicate things in the dialog... I think the following
might help. Copy and paste the following line into the Start Run
dialog... I can't seem to figure out where the address bar is inside
the XP Help system right at the moment. Maybe someone else
can chime in and explain how to get XP Help to properly
display a page?

mkMSITStore:C:\WINDOWS\Help\camera.chm::/scanner_camera_event.htm

I think we are pretty close.

Anyone else know why the XP help system seems like it took a
step backwards from the .chm files? Or know how to correct it?

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Jim Carlock
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I have an even older Kodak camera. I hate that annoying
popup. I click on the cancel or put a checkmark in the
"Take no action". I prefer to double-click on "My Computer"
and then double-click on the Camera (which Windows XP
tends to RANDOMLY give a new number every couple
months - perhaps due to updates being installed, it's up to
Kodak DC... #7 now -->Windows XP BUG!).

There's a way to stop that dialog from starting up altogether,
and I think all you need to do is to select the "Take no action"
command to get rid of the pop up altogether.

If the "Take no action" selection isn't available, let us know
and perhaps someone will be able to suggest something a
little different.

--
Jim Carlock
Post replies to newsgroup.

XP Home SP2, older Dell computer

I recently uninstalled MS Picture It! 2002. Now when I connect and turn
on
my old Kodak DC280 digital camera, I get the "Device Connected" box with
thse choices for "Select the program to launch for this action:"
Microsoft Picture It! Photo
Microsoft Picture It! Photo
Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard
Photoshop Elements
Is it possible to remove these curious and nuisance references to Picture
It? I'm considering a Registry Cleaner utility but I've heard bad things
about them so I'm not yet sure I should. I'm very much a novice computer
user!
Also, we're apparently not allowed to paste images in these posts.
Correct?

(Hope this works. My first attempt at a reply)

Thanks, Jim, but we appear to be talking about two different diaglog boxes.
I get the one you describe when I (for example) insert a CD in a drive. It
gives me a list of options including "Take No Action".
The one I get when I turn on my camera looks more like this:
Kodak DC280 Camera

Device Connected
Select program to launch for this action:
MS Pictureit!Photo
MS Pictureit!Photo
MS Scanner and Camera Wizard
Photoshop Elements

Then: always use and OK and Cancel. Also, my camera has not been
renamed. Guess our results are somewhat different!

Frank

 

[Guest]

Thanks again, Jim. That's some stuff I didn't know about. I've followed
your guidance and, for now, have chosen to open the "Scanner and Camera
Wizard" when the camera is detected. That gets me away from the irritating
reference to MS PictureIt and to a point that should work well for me.
So, thanks again, that takes care of it for now.
Frank

 

[Jim Carlock]

If you've made it that far, then perhaps you'd like to look
through your registry for references to the device.

"Microsoft Picture It! Photo"

Click Start, Run, type in RegEdit.Exe and click the OK
button.

If you've worked with the registry, then you should already
know that deleting and editing things can be really BAD for
your computer's health.

If you haven't worked with the registry before, then we all
start somewhere and I will state the following in case you
have not heard it before.

1) Never accidently hit the Delete key and never delete things
unless you know what you are doing.
2) You can always right click on the registry key and export
the key to a .Reg file to back up the key. NOTE: It does NOT
back up permissions on the key though. That usually isn't too
much of a worry but it can be. You can look at the permissions
on a key by highlighting the key and clicking on Edit and then
on Permissions. Permissions are just lists of user names that
are allowed to mess with the key.
3) Press F3, or Ctrl+F, or click on Edit then Find to bring up
the Find dialog. Make sure all three items under the textbox
are checked and copy and paste the line in quotes above to
the textbox. Take the quote marks out (") as you are not
looking for the quote marks, they are not needed.

You can right click on the key and then click on:

"Copy Key Name"

Make sure you get a copy of each keyname and post
back here what you've found if you feel insecure about
things.

Whatever you do, before you delete anything highlight
the key and click on Edit, then Export. Give file names
using abbreviations like:

HKCU for HKEY_CURRENT_USER items.
HKLM for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE items.
HKU for HKEY_USERS items.
HKCR for HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT items.
HKCC for HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG items.

Here's some things about the registry, in case you don't know
much about it.

HKCU (hkey_current_user) is a pointer to a subkey inside
HKU (hkey_users). When you change something in this key,
it changes the corresponding item inside of HKU (hkey_users).

HKCR (hkey_classes_root) is a pointer to whats inside of
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes. When you
change something inside of HKCR, you change the same item
inside of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes.

Likewise, HKCC (hkey_current_config) is a pointer to the
following subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Config.
Whatever you change inside of HKCC, gets changes inside
of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Config.

So what does all this mean? This means there are two root
keys, HKU and HKLM. The other keys just provide a
convenient manner in which to access things. When
searching through the registry, you'll only need to bother
with HKCU (hkey_current_user) and HKLM
(hkey_local_machine).

Now, when you find the keys in the registry as listed
above, you'll find duplicates, because some keys are
just convenient ways to access things when writing
programs.

Find the keys and post back here what you've found.

Hope that helps.

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Jim Carlock
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Thanks again, Jim. That's some stuff I didn't know about. I've followed
your guidance and, for now, have chosen to open the "Scanner and Camera
Wizard" when the camera is detected. That gets me away from the irritating
reference to MS PictureIt and to a point that should work well for me.
So, thanks again, that takes care of it for now.
Frank

 

[Guest]

Wow! Lots of good stuff. The search turned up one item
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{3951cfb2-21dc-11d9-8015-806d6172696f}\DisplayName
Sure enough, in the right-hand pane was the notation "MS PictureIt!Photo".
I have exported it to My Documents and it saved as a .reg file. If I needed
to recover that key do I just right click (in My Docs) and click "Merge"?
So, now that we found the key, what do I do? Just highlight it and hit
delete???
Frank

 

[Jim Carlock]

NOTE: I'm assuming your OS is XP. If it's not, let me know,
because Win2K things will be just a little different.

To reinstall the key, just double-click on the .reg file.

Before you do that, you'll want to right click on that key
inside regedit and look at the Permissions. You'll likely see your
Login ID listed there, and maybe some other IDs.

You'll want to make sure you are logged in with an Administrative
account when playing around inside the registry, because things
can be hard to fix if you're not using an Administrative account.

Now, just tapping on the delete key will prompt you to delete
the key that is highlighted. IF you DELETE the wrong thing, you
can really mess things up, so make sure you highlight ONLY
the key or value you want to delete. The values are the contents
of the keys displayed on the right side of the regedit.exe.

Please, before you actually delete anything, make sure you FIND
all references. You can just tap the F3 key to find the next
item after the first one is found.

Also, refer to the key as follows:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{uid}\DisplayName

I don't know what kind of security breach happens when the
actual UID is put on the Internet. Someone else will have to
comment on that. That long dashed number is your UserID.
I changed it to {uid} above.

The registry editor is divided into two sides (panes/windows).
The left side shows the keys, while the right side shows the
values. If you want to delete a value, highlight the item on the
right side. If you want to save an item into a .reg file, highlight
the key on the left side, then right click and click on Export.

Be extremily careful when deleting things. You do NOT want
to accidently delete something out of the registry.

I want to definitely make sure you only found one and only
one item. When you do the search it's a progressive search
finding one item at a time. It doesn't display all found items
at once, you have to tap on the F3 key to find it again.

Let me know if I missed something.

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Jim Carlock
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Something you'll also find as neat is use Explorer to browse to
the Windows folder, then create a shortcut to NotePad.exe.

Then right click on the ShortCut, select copy, put the mouse into
the address bar and type in the following:

%UserProfile%\SendTo

Then click on Edit and paste so you get the shortcut to notepad
there.

Now go back to where you have the .reg file saved and take a
look at it by right clicking on it, then select SendTo, then select
NotePad from the drop down "SendTo list". That will open any
highlighted document up inside of NotePad and you'll find it a
blessing.
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Wow! Lots of good stuff. The search turned up one item:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{uid}\DisplayName
Sure enough, in the right-hand pane was the notation "MS PictureIt!Photo".
I have exported it to My Documents and it saved as a .reg file. If I needed
to recover that key do I just right click (in My Docs) and click "Merge"?
So, now that we found the key, what do I do? Just highlight it and hit
delete???
Frank

 

[Jim Carlock]

I was hoping I could figure this out...

Let me tell you what I found...

This particular key is the key that is updated when you change
the handler (the program that is activated) when the camera is
activated.

{6BDD1FC6-810F-11D0-BEC7-08002BE2092F}

Specifically:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{6BDD1FC6-810F-11D0-BEC7-08002BE2092F}

Inside that key, some enumerated devices exist there. The appear as
four-digit numbers, 0000, 0001, and so on.

Those are the devices that are hooked up to the machine...
cameras and scanners I'm thinking (maybe some other types).

If you click on the numeral, 0000 or 0001 or whatever the
case may be (as you may have one or more and they'll be
numbered sequentially), you'll see a subkey named:

FriendlyName

which will be self-explanatory. Now if you open that particular
key up (0000 or 0001 or whatever), you'll see two subkeys
listed underneath it:
DeviceData
Events

You should only be interested in the Connected Event. Click on
the + to open it and you'll see a bunch of ClassIDs for different
applications. You'll most likely see the duplicated software name
in that collection. You'll have to click on each ClassID to see
what's in them.

Last week I only had one PhotoDraw in my camera list, or
maybe I wasn't paying attention too much at the time. I dug
around to see why I now have two ClassIDs for PhotoDraw
and the ONLY thing that I came up with, is that one is using
a Short-FilePath name to access PhotoDraw, while the
other is using the full file path/name.

So if you delete one of those keys, something may or may not
stop working. I don't know. I think the duplication is occuring
because of some short filename/long filename deal. We will
have to wait for Microsoft to answer that and let us know.

For example, I see the following in one ClassID:

C:\PROGRA~1\MI1933~1\Office\PHOTODRW.EXE
/Addons:invoke:{B9817CE3-9354-11D1-820E-00A0C9138CA9}@4329 /StiDevice:%1
/StiEvent:%2

And I see the following in another:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\PHOTODRW.EXE
/Addons:invoke:{B9817CE3-9354-11D1-820E-00A0C9138CA9}@4329 /StiDevice:%1
/StiEvent:%2

Now, what I did was I typed in the C:\PROGRA~1\MI1933~1\
into the address bar of Explorer and it expanded the pathname to
the full pathname. That exact SHORT PATH may be slightly
different on your machine. But you should get the idea of what's
going on.

In the old days of DOS, filenames were limited to 8 characters
and a 3-digit extension. Thus, you'll see the SHORT path's
with only 8.3 digits between each slash.

I think I've described this pretty well without saying anything
dumb. I'll wait for a reply and see how well I've done. I'm no
expert, and I'm learning just as you are. Heck, I shouldn't
admit that, but just in case I totally hosed something up... ;-)

Let me know if that all seems correct on your machine as
well. If you delete one of the keys, there's a good chance
that it just might reappear at some point, so be prepared
for that little surprise. We'll have to wait and see, or maybe
someone more knowledgeable that has dealt with this can
step in and make some statements.

Good luck.

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Jim Carlock
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Dam! I was nearly finished with this reply when I discovered my
session had expired and I had to sign in and start over.
Yes, I'm using XP SP2 on an old Dell XPS t500. I've read a lot
about the registry but have mostly stayed away from it, realizing
the hazards faced by a novice. Permissions seem OK. I'm the only
user and am signed on as the administrator.
We searched the registry for "Microsoft PictureIt!Photo" and
found the following keys:

1.
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MountPoints2\{GID}\DisplayName
2. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\IE Setup\DependentComponents
3. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\DependentComponents
4. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Picture It! Publishing\6.0 (4 times because of
multiple values)
5. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Picture It! Publishing\6.0 (5 times)
6. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Picture It! Publishing\6.0\Registration
7. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Picture It! Publishing\6.0\Setup
8. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shoebox\2.0\SKUAPP
9. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\StillImage\Registered
Applications

 

[Jim Carlock]

Frank,

I don't know how much you know. I think it's okay to delete
one of the duplicates. Just highlight the key and export it
first to a .reg file before deleting it. If Windows puts it back
in though, it's because of some short-filename/long-filename
requirements.

If something isn't making any sense to you, let me know
what's confusing. I kind of dumped a bunch of stuff on you
without giving much of an explanation.

 

[Guest]

Well, I must confess that I'm a mite confused. And I know it's because I
don't really have the fundamental knowledge necessary to follow all your
guidance. But I'm still trying.

I found the "CurrentControlSet" (imaging devices) key and it's four-digit
numbers, 0000 thru 0003. 0000 and 0002 relate to the camera, the others to
my scanner. But nowhere do I find reference to MS PictureIt!, only Photoshop
Elements, internal handler, and Scanner and Camera Wizard. And it's
PictureIt that I'd like to get rid of.
I do find lots of reference to MS PictureIt! in Keys ControlSet001 and
ControlSet003, configured very much like the CurrentControlSet key. But of
course, I have no idea how and when they come into play.
Also, I don't know how you got (for example):
C:\PROGRA~1\MI1933~1\Office\PHOTODRW.EXE
/Addons:invoke:{B9817CE3-9354-11D1-820E-00A0C9138CA9}@4329 /StiDevice:%1
/StiEvent:%2
When I left click on a "ClassID" I merely get the right pane with values and
data. When I right click, all I can do is "Copy Key Name". So that step
lost me!
But Jim, let me take you back to my very first post. Please note that my
concern was not about the duplicated choice, but rather about the references
to MS PictureIt! when I had previously uninstalled PictureIt! We
unfortunately got off on sort of a tangent and removing references to
PictureIt! remains my primary goal.
Following your guidance, I did a careful search of the registry for
Microsoft PictureIt! and found 78 separate keys, values, or data. It seems
to me that I should be looking at those items for a way to remove the
PictureIt references. What do you think?
I better quit before my session ends!!
Frank

 

[Jim Carlock]

Okay I see.

PhotoDraw is another Microsoft product dating back to
Office 2000. It's a product that I have installed on my machine
and I don't think it ever installed by default, and had to be
installed manually.

I was just using that as an example.

Let me run through this again. It's new material for me as well.

After you click on the + on one of the numbered items, 0000 to
0003 in your case, you'll see:

DeviceData
+ Events

Click on the + next to Events. I am thinking for a camera that
is connected via USB you'll see:

+ Connected
Disconnected

Click on the + Connected to open Connected item up. Now you
will see class IDs for various programs. Those class IDs when
you click on them will display some items in the right hand pane.

Cmdline
Desc
Icon
Name

You should see an item for Picture It there. That class ID is the
item you'll want to export (backup) to a .Reg file and delete.

And if you had two of them, you can just right click on:

Connected

in the left hand pane and export the whole Connected deal to
a .reg file. Then delete both of the ClassIDs inside of
Connected that relate to Picture It.

That should fix the problem. After you delete the items, hook
the camera up and see what is displayed.

Let me know if it works for you.

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Jim Carlock
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Well, I must confess that I'm a mite confused. And I know it's because I
don't really have the fundamental knowledge necessary to follow all your
guidance. But I'm still trying.

I found the "CurrentControlSet" (imaging devices) key and it's four-digit
numbers, 0000 thru 0003. 0000 and 0002 relate to the camera, the others to
my scanner. But nowhere do I find reference to MS PictureIt!, only
Photoshop
Elements, internal handler, and Scanner and Camera Wizard. And it's
PictureIt that I'd like to get rid of.
I do find lots of reference to MS PictureIt! in Keys ControlSet001 and
ControlSet003, configured very much like the CurrentControlSet key. But of
course, I have no idea how and when they come into play.
Also, I don't know how you got (for example):
C:\PROGRA~1\MI1933~1\Office\PHOTODRW.EXE
/Addons:invoke:{B9817CE3-9354-11D1-820E-00A0C9138CA9}@4329 /StiDevice:%1
/StiEvent:%2
When I left click on a "ClassID" I merely get the right pane with values and
data. When I right click, all I can do is "Copy Key Name". So that step
lost me!
But Jim, let me take you back to my very first post. Please note that my
concern was not about the duplicated choice, but rather about the references
to MS PictureIt! when I had previously uninstalled PictureIt! We
unfortunately got off on sort of a tangent and removing references to
PictureIt! remains my primary goal.
Following your guidance, I did a careful search of the registry for
Microsoft PictureIt! and found 78 separate keys, values, or data. It seems
to me that I should be looking at those items for a way to remove the
PictureIt references. What do you think?
I better quit before my session ends!!
Frank

 

[Guest]

Hi again, Jim
Yes, I understood about "PhotoDraw" and that you were just using it as an
example and it's not in my computer. What I was trying to say there was that
I don't know how you got that path description "C:\PROGRA~1\MI1933~1\ "etc.
I can't find anything like that when clicking on these ClassIDs.


I think we're approaching the crux of this matter. When I get to the
appropriate key and expand 0000 or 0002, then expand "Events", then expand
"Connected", then click on each of the "Class ID's", I find no reference to
MS PictureIt! Only a ClassID for "MS Scanner and Camera Wizard", another for
"Adobe Photoshop Elements". and another for "Internal". So, there is no MS
PictureIt! to delete!

Any ideas?

 

[Jim Carlock]

Oh, the "C:\PROGRA~1\MI1933~1\ "...

That was an example as well. Everything in the past used to
be short-filenames (old MS-DOS). But with Windows 95
and later, Microsoft introduced long filenames.

Everything is STILL stored as a short filename on all systems.
However, the way Microsoft made this work, involved
creating an extra layer. That extra layer of code changes long
filenames to short filenames, but the way the names are made,
incremental numbers are appended to the first 2 to 7 characters.
Short filenames are going to be different on different machines.

If you were to type:
C:\PROGRA~1\MI1933~1\

into explorer, it may or may not expand out appropriately
on your machine. That particular short filename I pulled
off a local machine. Some older programs may use short
filenames, thus you have backward compatibility and you
can end up with DUPLICATE path information.

Maybe the best thing to do would be to follow what
you are you doing and see if I can get duplicate it on

I recently uninstalled MS Picture It! 2002. Now when
I connect and turn on my old Kodak DC280 digital
camera, I get the "Device Connected" box with these
choices for "Select the program to launch for this action:"
Microsoft Picture It! Photo
Microsoft Picture It! Photo
Microsoft Scanner and Camera Wizard
Photoshop Elements

Let me tell you what I used to identify what was going on
when I hooked up my camera (a Kodak DC240)...

There is a website called www.sysinternals.com. They offer
a free tool called regmonitor...

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/regmon.shtml

They offer a description of how to use it, but I'll give a
brief overview.

Now, what you'll want to do with it, is run it to to see
what you'll need to set up the filter list first. It shows a
whole bunch of junk when you first start it. You might
be amazed by how much information is going around
your computer, in and out of your registry at any given
point of time. Once you filter out the constant junk, it
becomes useful.

You'll end up wanting to see registry writes, when you
hook your camera up. Then open "My Computer" and
right click on the camera. Click on Properties. Then
start the regmonitor up and watch what happens when
you click on the different tabs and change things.

Good luck! And let me know what you come up with.

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Jim Carlock
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Hi again, Jim
Yes, I understood about "PhotoDraw" and that you were
just using it as an example and it's not in my computer. What
I was trying to say there was that I don't know how you
got that path description "C:\PROGRA~1\MI1933~1\ "etc.
I can't find anything like that when clicking on these ClassIDs.

I think we're approaching the crux of this matter. When I get
to the appropriate key and expand 0000 or 0002, then expand
"Events", then expand "Connected", then click on each of the
"Class ID's", I find no reference to MS PictureIt! Only a
ClassID for "MS Scanner and Camera Wizard", another for
"Adobe Photoshop Elements". and another for "Internal". So,
there is no MS PictureIt! to delete!

Any ideas?

 

[Jim Carlock]

Maybe you can help me. I want to check something out.

Can you open a DOS prompt on your machine and type
in the following line and let me know what happens?

edlin.exe

I think that will show you the what a short path/filename
looks like inside the DOS prompt. You might need to
type in the following before running the command above.

cd "\Program Files"

Let me know, please. And thanks.

 

[Guest]

Sorry about the delay. I wasn't alerted to your latest post.

OK, I see it now, Jim. I've never used the Command Prompt, but it came up:
F:\Documents and Settings\Frank Phelps>. After entering your "edlin.exe" it
came up: F:\DOCUME~1\FRANKP~1>.

NOTE: My boot drive is "F" due to a minor mixup when I installed a new,
additional harddrive.

Actually, I've seen these short filenames before but didn't really know what
it was all about.

Jim, I think you've taken me as far as I dare go. I looked at the
"regmonitor" description and it's far beyond my very limited computer skills.
I'll just put up with the nuisance references to the long-deleted MS Picture
It!

I appreciate your time and effort. I have gained quite a lot of insight
into some of these computer inner workings.

Thanks much,

Frank