Unable to read cards in flash card reader

I can see the drives in windows explorer but when I click on a drive it asks
me to insert media into the drive. Media is in. I can read the same media
if I connect it through the camera.
I can see the drives in my computer.
I have even tried a different card reader.
Also when I shut down the computer after trying to access the drive I get a
message saying that "CardReaderLookupWindow will not shut down".
I am having trouble getting access to Microsoft's support site.

Does anyone know the fix for this problem?

Thanks, Rick

while not really a media center related question - does this only
happen with a single media card? do you have a different card that you
can try? what kind of media is this?

On Thu, 4 May 2006 20:07:02 -0700, RAD <RAD@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>I can see the drives in windows explorer but when I click on a drive it asks
>me to insert media into the drive. Media is in. I can read the same media
>if I connect it through the camera.
>I can see the drives in my computer.
>I have even tried a different card reader.
>Also when I shut down the computer after trying to access the drive I get a
>message saying that "CardReaderLookupWindow will not shut down".
>I am having trouble getting access to Microsoft's support site.
>
>Does anyone know the fix for this problem?
>
>Thanks, Rick
--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
Expert Zone Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

I had the same problem. I did try another card in another slot and got the
same problem. I removed SP2 and then re-installed it. Ifound my Norton
Antivirus 2006 was giving me some problems so I uninstalled that. Now I get
an error for whichever slot has a card in it saying internal error.

"Barb Bowman MVP-Windows" wrote:

> while not really a media center related question - does this only
> happen with a single media card? do you have a different card that you
> can try? what kind of media is this?
>
> On Thu, 4 May 2006 20:07:02 -0700, RAD <RAD@discussions.microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
> >I can see the drives in windows explorer but when I click on a drive it asks
> >me to insert media into the drive. Media is in. I can read the same media
> >if I connect it through the camera.
> >I can see the drives in my computer.
> >I have even tried a different card reader.
> >Also when I shut down the computer after trying to access the drive I get a
> >message saying that "CardReaderLookupWindow will not shut down".
> >I am having trouble getting access to Microsoft's support site.
> >
> >Does anyone know the fix for this problem?
> >
> >Thanks, Rick
> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS Windows-MVP
> Expert Zone Columnist
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>

Suggest you post your question and everything you tried in the
hardware group.

You also might want to contact Norton tech support about restoring
your computer to a point before you installed Norton - there is
probably something left in the registry.

On Tue, 23 May 2006 04:43:02 -0700, Jay
<Jay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I had the same problem. I did try another card in another slot and got the
>same problem. I removed SP2 and then re-installed it. Ifound my Norton
>Antivirus 2006 was giving me some problems so I uninstalled that. Now I get
>an error for whichever slot has a card in it saying internal error.
>
>"Barb Bowman MVP-Windows" wrote:
>
>> while not really a media center related question - does this only
>> happen with a single media card? do you have a different card that you
>> can try? what kind of media is this?
>>
>> On Thu, 4 May 2006 20:07:02 -0700, RAD <RAD@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >I can see the drives in windows explorer but when I click on a drive it asks
>> >me to insert media into the drive. Media is in. I can read the same media
>> >if I connect it through the camera.
>> >I can see the drives in my computer.
>> >I have even tried a different card reader.
>> >Also when I shut down the computer after trying to access the drive I get a
>> >message saying that "CardReaderLookupWindow will not shut down".
>> >I am having trouble getting access to Microsoft's support site.
>> >
>> >Does anyone know the fix for this problem?
>> >
>> >Thanks, Rick
>> --
>>
>> Barb Bowman
>> MS Windows-MVP
>> Expert Zone Columnist
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
>> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>>
--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
Expert Zone Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

[mijcar]

A number of users having the problem of "cardreaderlookupwindow" not closing down during shutdown had found out that it actually is a problem with Adobe photo software (Album, Photoshop, Essentials).

Here is what I found out with a little research and trial-and-error:

Adobe's various photo programs all include an organizing subprogram that creates photo albums. It seems that Adobe transfers photos into its organizing program from various storage devices (camera disks, memory sticks, etc) using a subprogram that remains resident: apdproxy.exe.

It also seems that apdproxy.exe treats all sources of photo images as though they were USB drives (and perhaps flashdrives), even if the source is the photoshop program itself. (To see this, open your photoshop program, select preferences, then organizer, then card reader -- you will see that one of the "disk" options is the photoshop program itself.)

Whatever Adobe's intent, Windows seems to "think" of apdproxy.exe as though it was an open device; it won't shut off of its own accord, so you get the message at shutdown.

Here are your various choices:
1. Open your Adobe photo program (mine is Elements 4.0), go to edit preferences, work your way to the preferences for the organizer or photo album and get to something like "Camera or Card reader".
In this screen I have the option of using or not using Adobe Photo Downloader (apdproxy.exe, in other words). Uncheck the option and everything will now work fine.
2. If you want Adobe Photo Downloader to be resident for the times you plug in your camera or any other USB memory device, then ignore 1 above. You have the following sub-options.
a. The simplest is just live with it. When you get the CardReaderLookupWindow message, just elect to close it -- no damage will happen (uh, make sure your camera or memory stick aren't still connected, though).
b. You can hunt in the display area in the lower left for the icon for Adobe Photo Downloader before shutting down, click on it and select "exit". (This would have been the simplest choice, but as many of you already know, the display area in Windows XP frequently "forgets" to show various icons for active programs. In that case, move to step c.)
c. Open the Task Manager>Processes, find and close apdproxy.exe.

BTW: I have noticed that Photoshop Elements can really slow down the fastest of systems. I haven't tested this assumption yet, but it does seem that disabling the CardReader in Adobe preferences speeds up the program.

Good luck

P.S. Now if someone would find a workaround for the conflict between Internet Explorer 7 Beta and Adobe Updater (in Photo Elements), I would sure be pleased.