[dd22qq]

Someone asked me to reinstall their operating system for them, which I
did (no genius there and all went smoothly).

However, I kinda stuffed up in that it used to do something which it no
longer does.

This person uses their PC primarily for transferring pictures off of
their camera and onto the desktop. They have a USB card reader thingy
which they used to simply stick the camera's memory card into and
Windows XP would immediately recognise that it had been inserted - and
open a window to show the contents of the card automatically.

Now, I know the card reader is installed correctly, and operates
properly thru Windows Explore/My Computer - files can be transferred
to/from it without a hitch. But this person does not want to have to
navigate to the card's contents manually - they want <b>Windows to
recognise the card being inserted, and to open a window displaying the
contents automatically</b>, just as it did before I played around with
it.

It was not third party software, as I have spoken to the original guy
who installed the card reader - even he can't remember what he did, and
says it's some function of Windows somewhere.

Anyone know if it can be reconfigured?


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dd22qq

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Have you tried re-installing the software supplied with the camera?

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User

"If hard work were such a wonderful thing, surely the rich would have kept
it all to themselves." - Lane Kirkland


"dd22qq" <dd22qq.1qpvpp@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
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>
> Someone asked me to reinstall their operating system for them, which I
> did (no genius there and all went smoothly).
>
> However, I kinda stuffed up in that it used to do something which it no
> longer does.
>
> This person uses their PC primarily for transferring pictures off of
> their camera and onto the desktop. They have a USB card reader thingy
> which they used to simply stick the camera's memory card into and
> Windows XP would immediately recognise that it had been inserted - and
> open a window to show the contents of the card automatically.
>
> Now, I know the card reader is installed correctly, and operates
> properly thru Windows Explore/My Computer - files can be transferred
> to/from it without a hitch. But this person does not want to have to
> navigate to the card's contents manually - they want <b>Windows to
> recognise the card being inserted, and to open a window displaying the
> contents automatically</b>, just as it did before I played around with
> it.
>
> It was not third party software, as I have spoken to the original guy
> who installed the card reader - even he can't remember what he did, and
> says it's some function of Windows somewhere.
>
> Anyone know if it can be reconfigured?
>
>
> --
> dd22qq