My SD card continues to tell my computer that it can't upload photos because it's in use by another program. Can anyone help?
2006-07-16 03:34:32 · 3 answers · asked by Kenyon J 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
If you're getting that message, there's no doubt some application has it tied up. If you don't see an icon in the taskbar, do a three finger salute to open the task manager to find and kill the offending application. But due to windoze propensity for file associations, when you try again to access the card, it may well try to do it with that wrong application again.
2006-07-16 07:25:32 · answer #1 · answered by batty_professor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There may be another photo program running without your knowledge. My pc came with HP Digital Image Monitor already in the Startup list, even though I didn't request it.
Check the icons in the list at the lower right of the Desktop. If there are any imaging programs running, quit or close them. (Look for Quicktime, Real Player, other player or image programs, camera upload software). Anything that might have posession of your SD card.
Then insert the card and try again. Sometimes USB processing gets flakey, especially in pre-XP Windows.
Good Luck
2006-07-16 13:24:11 · answer #2 · answered by fredshelp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quit all the applications, and try, If that doesn't work, log out and log back in, if still doesn't work restart your computer.
Lastly if all else fails, if you don't have any important information on your Card, format it.
Note: You will loose all the data on your card once you format it.
2006-07-16 10:39:51 · answer #3 · answered by funkyfraiser 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋