New Workaround: Nano's showing in Windows Explorer but not iTunes

Just tried it, since I've tried everything else so I thought I would share with everyone else.
I had a Nano that would not be detected in iTunes 7, but it would show in Windows Explorer as a Removable Drive.
1. Disconnect iPod, close iTunes 7.
2. Access Windows Task Manager --> (CTRLALTDEL)
3. End "iPodService.exe" Process
4. Reconnect iPod via USB
5. Restart iTunes.
What I found was that when iTunes opens it restarts the Ipod service and will detect the unit in iTunes.
You may have to do this everytime you want to hook up your iPod until a fix comes.
But hey it works.
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Check to see if the Nano is enable for disk use. If it is, disable it. For whatever reason ITunes gives me problems when I leave both my iPod enable for disk use. Only one of them appears. When I Unchecked the disk use, the problem has gone away.

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