Flash memory drive not found in My Computer

[Guest]

A new problem I cannot solve. My 1 Gb flash memory drive that I use to back
up my .doc and .xls files failed to show up in My Computer recently as drive
G:\. It usually use to come up as that. A lot of searching has found that
it is now in Control Panel, Portable media devices as drive G:\. It also
appears in notification area "Safely Remove Hardware" as drive G:\, but not
in My Computer.

I also discovered that when I navigate to it in Control Panel/Portable media
Devices, that I cannot run programs from it but have to copy them elseswhere
first, nor can I save directly to it. I recently upgraded Window Media
Player to version 10 and have concluded that it is now set up in a permanent
partnership with WMP for synchronization, which is not what I want and as far
as I can tell, was not something I agreed to.

I cannot find any help to break this partnership and get it running again as
a normal drive. Microsoft does not seem to have any advice on how to do
this and I do hope someone here can please help.

 

[Harry Ohrn MS MVP]

Run WMP and select Tools->Options->Library Tab->Monitor Folders button.
Click Advanced button. Check to see if your G drive is listed. If so
highlight and click Remove or Ignore and OK out of there.

 

[Guest]

Once again, you guys are absolutely brilliant, not only knowing so much but
in kindly helping rather ignorant people such as myself. Thank you for the
time and trouble. Sorrry I am rather late in acknowledging your help.

 

[Harry Ohrn]

You are welcome and thanks for posting back that the fix worked.