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Hello all, I'm currently working with Visual BASIC 6.0 and I was wondering if there was a way that I could search for WPD/MTP Devices that are connected to the computer and have the program return their names. For example, an iRiver mp3 player is a MTP device. I would want to make a program that would scan the ports on my PC, and, if the iRiver was connected, return with its Device ID (something like Vid_4102&Pid_1113\71c1390f000000fd2db1c1b53195be54) or at least ts friendly name. Any ideas?

I was just wondering, what exactly are "codecs". I mean I know they have something to do with decoding audio and video, but what are they exactly? Are they .dll's? Where does windows store all of its codecs? I was just wondering because I would like to place a bunch of codecs on my computer (WinXP) without having to install a bunch of crap (aka KLite codec pack that runs in the background and always sows in the system tray). Is there any way that I can just get the codec files by themselves with no installer?