Sync Center: Synchronise files between laptop and USB stick

[Guest]

Hi,
I want to setup sync between my USB stick (Sandisk Titanium Cruzer) and my
laptop with Vista Business, to sync all kind of docs (.doc;.xls;.pdf;...)
Problem is that my USB stick is recognized as a media device and I can only
synchronize it through the media player.
How could I change this and sync the files ?

Thx,

Jan

 

[Guest]

I believe you will find what you are looking for by opening Windows Explorer,
right-clicking on the drive letter assigned to the USB drive, choosing
Properties from the menu, and looking at the Customize tab on the resulting
Properties dialog. I would guess that the dropdown selector is set to
Pictures and Videos and that it needs to be set to Documents, or, perhaps,
All Items.

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Hi Jan,

Do you mean the system does not assign a drive letter for the USB flash drive, but WMP recognizes it as a portable device?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi,
I want to setup sync between my USB stick (Sandisk Titanium Cruzer) and my
laptop with Vista Business, to sync all kind of docs (.doc;.xls;.pdf;...)
Problem is that my USB stick is recognized as a media device and I can only
synchronize it through the media player.
How could I change this and sync the files ?

Thx,

Jan

 

[Guest]

I have the same problem. When I go to Sync Center and "Set up new sync
partnerships" it recognizes my device as "USB Flash Memory" but tries to "Syn
media using Windows Media Player", when really all I want is for it to do is
sync Word docs, some Excel and a few pictures.
In the past I've used ViceVersa and it's worked well, but I'd love it if a
useful sync program actually was built into Vista. I guess I'll see.

Hi Jan,

Do you mean the system does not assign a drive letter for the USB flash drive, but WMP recognizes it as a portable device?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi,
I want to setup sync between my USB stick (Sandisk Titanium Cruzer) and my
laptop with Vista Business, to sync all kind of docs (.doc;.xls;.pdf;...)
Problem is that my USB stick is recognized as a media device and I can only
synchronize it through the media player.
How could I change this and sync the files ?

Thx,

Jan

 

[Guest]

Hi, I also have a similar problem. I have a lacie USB hard drive i use for
file backup.

I used an app called Powersync by linkpro for keeping all types of files in
sync but it isn't Vista ready.

If i plug my usb drive into my vista pc, it shows up fine in autoplay and in
windows explorer as Drive F:\

However, it does not show as a device in Sync Center. I checked it's
properties and it is set to All Items in 'customize' tab of properties as
discussed below.

Has anyone successfully gotten sync center to recognize a simple usb mass
storage device and sync with it? If so, how?

I have the same problem. When I go to Sync Center and "Set up new sync
partnerships" it recognizes my device as "USB Flash Memory" but tries to "Syn
media using Windows Media Player", when really all I want is for it to do is
sync Word docs, some Excel and a few pictures.
In the past I've used ViceVersa and it's worked well, but I'd love it if a
useful sync program actually was built into Vista. I guess I'll see.

Hi Jan,

Problem is that my USB stick is recognized as a media device

Do you mean the system does not assign a drive letter for the USB flash drive, but WMP recognizes it as a portable device?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi,
I want to setup sync between my USB stick (Sandisk Titanium Cruzer) and my
laptop with Vista Business, to sync all kind of docs (.doc;.xls;.pdf;...)
Problem is that my USB stick is recognized as a media device and I can only
synchronize it through the media player.
How could I change this and sync the files ?

Thx,

Jan

 

[Guest]

Hi. I found a 3rd party sync tool shareware that is decent for synching hard
drives to usb drives

Allway Syncfile synchronization that works
version 5.5.8
Copyright © 2004-2006
http://allwaysync.com

hope this helps

Hi, I also have a similar problem. I have a lacie USB hard drive i use for
file backup.

I used an app called Powersync by linkpro for keeping all types of files in
sync but it isn't Vista ready.

If i plug my usb drive into my vista pc, it shows up fine in autoplay and in
windows explorer as Drive F:\

However, it does not show as a device in Sync Center. I checked it's
properties and it is set to All Items in 'customize' tab of properties as
discussed below.

Has anyone successfully gotten sync center to recognize a simple usb mass
storage device and sync with it? If so, how?

I have the same problem. When I go to Sync Center and "Set up new sync
partnerships" it recognizes my device as "USB Flash Memory" but tries to "Syn
media using Windows Media Player", when really all I want is for it to do is
sync Word docs, some Excel and a few pictures.
In the past I've used ViceVersa and it's worked well, but I'd love it if a
useful sync program actually was built into Vista. I guess I'll see.

Hi Jan,

Problem is that my USB stick is recognized as a media device

Do you mean the system does not assign a drive letter for the USB flash drive, but WMP recognizes it as a portable device?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi,
I want to setup sync between my USB stick (Sandisk Titanium Cruzer) and my
laptop with Vista Business, to sync all kind of docs (.doc;.xls;.pdf;...)
Problem is that my USB stick is recognized as a media device and I can only
synchronize it through the media player.
How could I change this and sync the files ?

Thx,

Jan