Disabling "portable media devices"

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  1. ConKbot of Doom

    ConKbot of Doom Minimodder

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    I plugged my sansa mp3 player in today and it shows up as a "portable media device" under "audio devices" in my computer instead of as a removable drive. The only options I have when I right click is either to open it, explore it, or format it. While I can put files on it, there is no properties for the whole thing to see how much space I have left, and it doesnt show up as a drive letter... I have a feeling it probably has something to do with a WMP update.

    How do I make this just show up as a thumb drive rather then where it is now?

    EDIT: I cant even make a new folder or copy a folder onto the drive, :lol: this must be as bad as owning an Ipod. I'll use winamp to load it up for now, but jeeze thats still a pain compared to just using it like a thumbdrive...
     
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  2. bR0k3n_b0n3

    bR0k3n_b0n3 What's a Dremel?

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    Do you have a driver or software cd for your mp3 player? You should check if there is any software or maybe drivers. Allthough you can have a look at the producers website for help (something like the support area).
     
  3. ConKbot of Doom

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    nope, no drivers this is all windows... When I plug it in, the autorun popup box shows up as "MTP media player"

    EDIT: looks like MTP was the key to this, after seeing this
    http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3263

    I have to go now but I'll post my solution to this after work.
     
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  4. ConKbot of Doom

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    Ok forgot about this, but it was pretty simple to fix. I plugged in my mp3 player, ran a batch file I made:
    stopit.bat
    Code:
    net stop UMWdf
    stopit
    that just looped in the background, that killed UMWdf even when it auto ran. I uninstalled the mp3 player from device manager, unplugged it, plugged it back in. At first it detects it as a media player again, but when it gets killed by the batch file, it asks you to install a driver for it. Select advanced and then choosed a usb mass storage device instead of a media player.

    After that is done you can close the .bat file window.
     
  5. capnPedro

    capnPedro Hacker. Maker. Engineer.

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    That truly is a genius hack, I must say.
     
  6. ConKbot of Doom

    ConKbot of Doom Minimodder

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    little 'features' like that have a tendancy to rub me the wrong way...

    Got a 4gb titanium cruiser from work, for work and it has the U3 bs loaded allready. Plug it in and it mounts as the thumb drive and as a CD-drive...:blah: first think I did was nuke the U3 stuff and format it.
     

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