USB appliances not found by explorer WIN XP

I posted this request for help on the german news group and got no
answers. Perhaps someone can help me here?

For some reason XP home is no longer showing any connected USB device
in explorer. The hardware removal icon will however show the device as
being connected (well... sometimes..) If I switch to a dos window and
type in the next free drive letter (in my case "K") then I immeadiately
have full access to the device and can copy, delete etc etc. This error
effects all of my usb devices (MP3 player, Camera, Harddisk). After
having read several articles about this problem I have tried the
following:

Deleting USB Ports and re-booting
Tried various different methods of connecting to the USB port

Somewhere it was suggested that perhaps I had the option set that each
explorer folder should be opened with a new process (this can
apparantly also cause similar probelms). I do not.

Any other good ideas??? Working with large amounts of data with lots of
folders and sub folders is not too much fun in a DOS window!

Eddy

Use TweakUI to unhide "K"

wrote:

I posted this request for help on the german news group and got no
answers. Perhaps someone can help me here?

For some reason XP home is no longer showing any connected USB device
in explorer. The hardware removal icon will however show the device as
being connected (well... sometimes..) If I switch to a dos window and
type in the next free drive letter (in my case "K") then I immeadiately
have full access to the device and can copy, delete etc etc. This error
effects all of my usb devices (MP3 player, Camera, Harddisk). After
having read several articles about this problem I have tried the
following:

Deleting USB Ports and re-booting
Tried various different methods of connecting to the USB port

Somewhere it was suggested that perhaps I had the option set that each
explorer folder should be opened with a new process (this can
apparantly also cause similar probelms). I do not.

Any other good ideas??? Working with large amounts of data with lots of
folders and sub folders is not too much fun in a DOS window!

Eddy

Bob I go down on my knees to you.... 10 weeks of searching and you had
the answer in one short sentance... Thank you!

regards from Germany,

Eddy

You're welcome. Have a good day.

Eddy wrote:

Bob I go down on my knees to you.... 10 weeks of searching and you had
the answer in one short sentance... Thank you!

regards from Germany,

Eddy