windows can not detect camera

[Arcury]

I tried to get picture from my digital camera Olympus C4000.
I had done that before without any problem but now, my computer can not
detect the camera at USB connection.
The difference between now and then is I have reinstalled Window and I have
two CD drive now at D and E.
I was going to manually letting computer know there is camera connected. I
went to control panel and opened scanners and camera file then tried to add
device. Then I got an error message like this.

Set up could not finish opening a file on the source disk.
Source file: D:autorun\Windows\fnfilter.dll
Destination file: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\fnfilter.dll=DRIVER5.CAB

It asked me to put Windows ME CD but CD does not have such file.
Olympus manual says no driver needed for Windows Me.

Is it just because CD drive is taking up space?
Do I have to remove older CD drive in order to use camera?
Any advice please?

[Mike M]

fnfilter.dll is contained in the file drivers.cab which is in the Win9x
folder on a Win Me CD and normally also on your hard disk in either the
windows\options\install or windows\options\cabs folder although some OEM
manufacturers place the cab files in another location, sometimes on
another partition. During the installation when asked for the Win me CD
point the installer at the folder containing driver5.cab.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Arcury > wrote:

> I tried to get picture from my digital camera Olympus C4000.
> I had done that before without any problem but now, my computer can
> not detect the camera at USB connection.
> The difference between now and then is I have reinstalled Window and
> I have two CD drive now at D and E.
> I was going to manually letting computer know there is camera
> connected. I went to control panel and opened scanners and camera
> file then tried to add device. Then I got an error message like this.
>
> Set up could not finish opening a file on the source disk.
> Source file: D:autorun\Windows\fnfilter.dll
> Destination file: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\fnfilter.dll=DRIVER5.CAB
>
> It asked me to put Windows ME CD but CD does not have such file.
> Olympus manual says no driver needed for Windows Me.
>
> Is it just because CD drive is taking up space?
> Do I have to remove older CD drive in order to use camera?
> Any advice please?

[Arcury]

Thank you for your advice I followed and now Olympus digital camera showed
up on My computer.
Even though, I can not make them communicate. I wanted to view the picture.
But can not fiend the camera.

I clicked on the camera icon on "my computer" the error message I got was
"Device failed to initialize, make sure it is properly connected"
I tried all 4 USB connections; my mouse which uses one of USB does not have
a problem.
Connection is good.

Could you think of anything?

Back to my original post, so it does not make any difference I have CD
drives taking up drive D and E?
Just because I remember when I had only one CD drive, the camera showed up
as drive E.

[Mike M]

Sorry but I can't help with the problem as to why you are seeing "Device
failed to initialize, make sure it is properly connected" however turning
to your drive letter query, that shouldn't be part of the problem. When
you add a storage device to a sub port it will be automatically allocated
the next available drive letter which in your case with one hard disk
partition as C and having two optical drives using D & E will mean the
camera should be assigned F. If you were to allocate say X and Y to your
optical drives (I'm not suggesting that you do) then the camera would be
allocated D as its drive letter.

Returning to your main problem. With the camera removed try booting to
Safe Mode, open the Device Manager and delete all USB related entries
including any that appear for the camera. Reboot back into Normal Mode
and let Win Me redetect your hardware. Reconnect the camera and see if
Win Me now detects its presence and corrects the problem.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Arcury > wrote:

> Thank you for your advice I followed and now Olympus digital camera
> showed up on My computer.
> Even though, I can not make them communicate. I wanted to view the
> picture. But can not fiend the camera.
>
> I clicked on the camera icon on "my computer" the error message I got
> was "Device failed to initialize, make sure it is properly connected"
> I tried all 4 USB connections; my mouse which uses one of USB does
> not have a problem.
> Connection is good.
>
> Could you think of anything?
>
> Back to my original post, so it does not make any difference I have CD
> drives taking up drive D and E?
> Just because I remember when I had only one CD drive, the camera
> showed up as drive E.

[ET]

On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:14:37 GMT, "Arcury" > wrote:

>Thank you for your advice I followed and now Olympus digital camera showed
>up on My computer.
>Even though, I can not make them communicate. I wanted to view the picture.
>But can not fiend the camera.
>
>snip
>
>Could you think of anything?
>
>snip
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Not sure Olympus cameras act differently, but on mine I have to use
the Camedia software which came on the Olympus CD to read directly
from the camera. However, you can use a card reader in lieu of the
Camedia software - at least, I can.