My windows media player no longer sees my flash drives or portable players for synchronization.

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  Hi Eddie b,.
  Thank you for your response.
  I finally did a roll back to the previous version of Media player and it works fine now.
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  Operating system

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  Version:	6.0.6002	The system locale:	fr - CA
  Service Pack:	2.0	User language:	fr - CA
  Building the lab:	6002.vistasp2_gdr.101014 - 0432	Geo ID:	Canada
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  Architecture:	x 86	Indiv Version:	2.9.0.1
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  Warmly yours.

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  Download the latest driver and firmware for the device and even install on your computer.

  See this link:
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  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/Windows-Media-Player-sync-frequently-asked-questions

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  Add/Remove items from the Windows Media Player library

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  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/add-items-to-the-Windows-Media-Player-library

   

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