Updating iPod launches Windows Explorer - how to stop?

Every time I update my iPod, Windows XP launches a new Explorer window for the iPod (labeled as G:). How do I stop this automatic behavior? I don't have the iPod enabled for use as a drive, so my guess is that this is a Windows XP setting. Any ideas? Thanks!
Dell Dimension 8400 Windows XP

I'm not sure about Windows since I sync my iPod with a Mac, but on the Mac I do see that the iPod is unmounted/remounted before and after a sync (at least some of the time anyway, I've never really got to grips with it).
You might be seeing the same thing; when your manual sync is finished, Windows re-mounts the iPod and therefore opens Explorer again, just as it would when you first plugged the iPod in.
If you set it to "Take No Action" do you still have a problem?
Paul.
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