[bookport] Re: BookPort opens as an external drive in a My computer window

  • From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:33:26 -0600

Actually, it is very normal for this to happen.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Borst, Randall" <reborst@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 1:32 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: BookPort opens as an external drive in a My computer 
window


: High Clarence, thanks.  Tried that already.  It didn't work.  
: 
: Oh well.  At least, if it happens on some machines, then it's not some
: stupid thing I did.
: 
: Hey, what do you do besides work? 
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: -----Original Message-----
: From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
: [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Clarence Whaley
: Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 12:12 PM
: To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
: Subject: [bookport] Re: BookPort opens as an external drive in a My
: computer window
: 
: Randy, this is fairly normal on some machines.  Try alt-tabbing and I
: think you'll see the transfer software open in another window.
: 
: 
: 
: At 11:14 AM 12/28/2006 -0500, you wrote:
: >On one of my computers, when I plug up BookPort, instead of 
: >launching the BookPort Transfer program, a My Computer window opens, 
: >showing BookPort as an external drive.  All of the folders and files 
: >in BookPort show up as they should, but of course I can't 
: >successfully manipulate them.
: >
: >I have to close that window and launch the Transfer program manually.
: >
: >It's no big deal to me really, I'm just wondering why this would 
: >occur and how I could go about changing it to work as explained in the
: manual.
: >
: >
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