mp3 player stopped showing in my computer

[scumbag305]

i've had a sandisk m230 mp3 player for close to a year now and i've
always just opened it up from My Computer and used windows explorer to
drag and drop files into it.

what i would like to know is why a couple days ago i plugged it in to
drop some new songs into it and it was no longer showing up in the My
Computer folder.

the usb is reading the device but now when i plug it in i get the
little window saying "mtp media player. what would you like windows to
to?" and the only choices i am given are to transfer files with windows
media player, open with winamp or do nothing. as i recall before it
used to also give me the option to open with windows explorer, which is
what i perfer. i have no interest in using another program to manage my
songs when i can drag and drop them directly, so can anyone help me
make it so an icon for my player can reappear in My Computer? im
running XP sp2 if that helps at all...

thanx

 

[theplectrum]

i've had a sandisk m230 mp3 player for close to a year now and i've
always just opened it up from My Computer and used windows explorer to
drag and drop files into it.

what i would like to know is why a couple days ago i plugged it in to
drop some new songs into it and it was no longer showing up in the My
Computer folder.

the usb is reading the device but now when i plug it in i get the
little window saying "mtp media player. what would you like windows to
to?" and the only choices i am given are to transfer files with windows
media player, open with winamp or do nothing. as i recall before it
used to also give me the option to open with windows explorer, which is
what i perfer. i have no interest in using another program to manage my
songs when i can drag and drop them directly, so can anyone help me
make it so an icon for my player can reappear in My Computer? im
running XP sp2 if that helps at all...

thanx

Did you install anything prior to this problem ?

Have you tried a system roll back ?

Cheers,
Jerry

 

[scumbag305]

i have installed and uninstalled several media player programs lately
but i dont think system rollback is the best idea considering how much
tinkering i do with my computer. i just want to kno what would cause
something like this to happen. fortuntly i can still use my mp3 player
as long as i set it in MSC mode but in MTP mode, which is the mode its
been in since i bought it a year ago, its no longer being read as a
removabe drive, not even in the disc management applet. my concern is
finding out why this change occured at in the first place