ITunes not recongizing my iPod shuffle

When I plug in my iPod shuffle the icon shows up on my desktop but not in iTunes. It also charges which is nice but I'm going nuts becuase I've had to listen to the same set of songs for a while now.
I also just installed the latest version of iTunes and the problem still exists.

Apparently, the problem is itunes 7. You might need to downgrade in back to iTunes 6. Here's a thread that would show you how.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3121558#3121558

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