IPod recognized and syncs, but won't allow me to manipulate syncing options

Hi there!
Hopefully someone can help me with this - I want to put a new playlist on my iPod, and currently the syncing options I've selected are to only have it sync with about 5 different playlists on my iTunes. Now when I hook up my iPod via USB, iTunes recognizes it and automatically syncs it with those 5 playlists, but merely states that it is finished and will not allow me to change any options. When I double click on my iPod in the sidebar no screen showing the iPod, how much space is taken up on it, etc. comes up. Thanks for any advice!

Another piece of information that may be helpful is that my computer's options seem to be set in such a way that when I connect my iPod to my computer, iTunes is not the automatic program used. Instead, Windows opens a folder to view the files within the iPod, and to manipulate the iPod in any way I must first open iTunes manually.

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