IPod touch recognized as camera

I have an iPod Touch 2gen and I had to reformat my laptop. It is using Windows Vista (ugh, I know). I want to pass the files (apps and music) from the iPod to the computer (The iPod Touch has the latest iOS it can have and I just downloaded iTune so it's also the latest one as well) and I can't because the computer is recognizing the iPod as a digital Camera. I've tried disabeling the action in the Control Panel by choosing "Take No Action" in the Auto Play thing. I've also tried to do it through the Computer Manager on My Computer and nothing. Anyone else has any other way I can fix this? Or maybe another way I can transfer my files from the iPod to the computer?
Thanks in Advance!

Here is a website that I found that was very helpful!
http://http://www.ipodtouchforum.com/support/1086-ipod-touch-showing-up-camera.h tml

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