Sync Center (WMDC) is running, but doesn't work anymore! HELP!

Please help! This is killing me.

I have a desktop PC running Vista Ultimate. I have been syncing all my

Outlook stuff on that PC with my Samsung i760 SmartPhone for about a

year now. It has worked fairly well, with the typical intermittent

problems Windows is known for.

However, recently the phone and the PC stopped syncing completely.

Since I live and die by my appointments, tasks and contacts on my phone

during the day, not being able to sync really has me dead in the water!

Now when I connect my phone to the PC via the USB cable, they both

"recognize" that they are connected, but instead of Windows Mobile

Device Center (Sync Center) popping up and performing the sync like it

always has, now I get a window that pops up asking me to select which

action to take... 1. Sync digital media files with Windows Media Player,

2. Open device to view files with Windows Explorer, etc. There is NO

option to run Sync Center. Even when I go into the Default Programs in

the Control Panel and look in the drop-down list beside "Windows

Mobile-based device", it does not give me an option for Sync Center.

I've also checked under MSCONFIG and Windows Mobile Device Center IS

checked as a Startup item.

Even if I manually open up Sync Center and try to "Set up new sync

partnerships", it shows my phone in the device list, but when I

double-click on it, Windows Media Player immediately opens up instead of

Sync Center.

I am frustrated beyond words trying to figure this out, and I really

need someone's help if anybody else has run into this. I'll be happy to

provide any and all additional information to try and help.

Thanks in advance!

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philpike

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