A problem with my Creative Zen Xtra and Mediasou

When I play music off of my Zen on my computer through Mediasource, sometimes Mediasource will close down out of nowhere and will not reopen unless I restart my computer. I have the most updated version of the Zen's driver and everything.
Does anyone know what could be going on here and if so, how do I fix this issue?
Thanks.

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