Sync Manager Problem - doubling of mu

I am having a problem with Creative Sync Manager.
When I synchronize my music library and playlists from the comuter to the Zen Micro I get a doubling effect of music in the Zen Micro library and playlists.
The problem seems to go in both directions when I synchronize in both directions.
I find a similar problem if I drag and drop a playlist from the computer to Zen Micro or (vice versa.)
I'm not sure but it seems that when playlists and the music library are syncronised the transferred selections are assigned a transfer date and time. If this transfer date/time is different from the original transfer date/time, it appears that the softtware assumes that the selections are different!
Is there some way that I can make the drag & drop and Sync Manager work properly? (I am using Zen Micro Media Explorer 4.00.3)

Oh, Schamm! I've searched for days for a fix for this, and I was so excited when I found your solution. I found the file and changed it to "NO." But when I tried to run iSync, I got the same error. I tried deleting the file and restarting the computer to no avail. In fact, every time I go back to the com.apple.syncserver file, it seems to have reverted back to "YES."
I'm glad your solution has worked for some. I wish it had worked for me. I wouldn't know why, but maybe it's because I have an iMac and everyone else in the discussion has a MacBook? Ah well, I'm not quite ready to reinitialize my hard drive, but I suppose I'm at least looking at reinstalling Snow Leopard. That is unless someone has another suggestion, which I would certainly be willing to consider.

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