I have a card reader attached to a USB hub. Two microscope cameras and
other stuff such as an extra mouse for the microscope monitor are
connected to this hub as well. If, for some strange reason, a window
does not open (or the drive (J:) is not in the list) when a CF card is
inserted, all that need be done is to unplug the hub for a moment. Thus
has happened once or twice, but not since I reinstalled the newest
release of XP Pro.
Don W
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Hi,
That's not how it works on my machine. First question: which version on
Windows do you have? In any case, there's a way to set the options so that
when a card is inserted it behaves a certain way. When a card is inserted
into the reader in my computer, it immediately brings up a screen showing
exactly what files are on the card, and I can then choose how to work with
those files. When I disengage the card, the screen disappears, and then
reappears when the next card is inserted.
You shouldn't have to restart the computer regardless of how you have the
reader set up. Do a help search on "autoplay" and see what you come up
with. On my version of Windows, XP Home, it brings up these instructions:
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To change how your computer handles multimedia content
Open My Computer.
Under Devices with Removable Storage, right-click the
device you want, such as a digital camera or CD-ROM
drive, and then click Properties.
On the AutoPlay tab, click the multimedia content type you
want to change.
Under Actions, click the action you want Windows to perform
when it detects the media type you selected.
Notes
To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.
Your removable storage device must be attached to your computer
for it to appear in the My Computer folder.
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Shel
[Original Message]
From: Joseph Tainter
If you insert a card into a reader and transfer the files to a Windows
PC, you must then go through Windows' procedure to remove the card. But
this shuts down that "drive," so you can't insert another card and
continue transferring files. Windows won't "see" it. You have to restart
the computer.
Is there a way to get Windows to recognize a newly-inserted card (or
other device) after one has gone through the procedure to remove the
previous card?
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