Ipod Shuffle as external disc?

Whenever I connect my ipod shuffle to my Windows laptop, the amber light blinks continuously and ITunes will not open up automatically. It always opened up itunes automatically but then it suddenly stopped and started opening up as an external disk. On page 18 of the ipod shuffle user manual, it tells me how to "enable using ipod shuffle as a disk"...when in itunes, select Ipod shuffle in the source list and click the Options button. Well, I click on my ipod shuffle in the source list, but I can't find any "options" button that looks like what is in the user manual. I was thinking that if I find this "Options" button I could disable my ipod as an external disk.
Does anyone have any advice on how to get my ipod shuffle to not always open up as external disc? Thanks
Windows XP Pro

Connect your Shuffle and in iTunes go to Edit>Preferences>iPod and untick the "enable disk use" box: Using your iPod as a storage drive

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