Creative Zen Micro: Windows process keeps player b

Hi,
Usually, after synchronizing my player through Windows MP, my Zen Micro goes back to the state where you can select and play songs (so not the state with the two arrows). However, lately, after shutting down WMP it stays in the state with two arrows. Only when I shut down my machine, it returns to the original state, leading me to believe some process must keep the Zen from returing to the operational state.
Has anyone else had this problem? Any solutions?
I'm using FW 2..2 on a WinXP machine.
Many thanks in advance.

SSR wrote:
Yep, that's it basically. I think it's an inherent "problem" (feature?) with MTP. Just make sure no applications are using the player, but that should be obvious.
Its actually the programs fault and its normally Microsoft made ones. It doesnt close off the session with the device so thats why it still keeps it busy.
Real Player does close off the session everytime, and so does MusicMatch, as alternati've programs.
The <a href='http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7976db5d-afa4-4dff-83bd-3f83635d2d5b&DisplayLang=en' target=_blank>MTP Porting Kit[/url]. Includes an MTP Monitor utility to see exactly what goes on behind the scenes of every data transaction that your computer and your PlaysForSure device does. Its interesting and I found that Windows Explorer/My Computer and Windows Media Player 0 are the only programs which do not end the session when they are closed.

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