[trustlift]

My playbook is not recognized as a network drive until desktop manager is opened. On one PC that I use I do not have to open up the Desktop Mgr. which is very convenient in that I don't have to wait. How can I set up the other PC's to instantly recognize it as well?

[xtremez]

It used to work fine for me, until I tried upgrading to OS2.0 beta, then hard-reset and loaded back OS 1. Then it had this described problem

[artie]

I also have to open DM for the PB to be recognized. It also happens with my BB 9650

[FF22]

There are some references to DRIVERS that get installed when DM is installed. I wonder if in some cases those drivers do NOT get installed and so DM must run.

In my Vista, when I open Task Manager, I see a number of separate rim/blackberry processes running even when DM is not running. So there might be something that either is not installed or not running automatically in your setup.

[cntrydncr223]

I would have to agree.
When I plug in either my device or PB, my PC automatically updates drivers and then recognizes it.

Maybe there's some glitch in that process which is forcing you to need DM.

[BitPusher2600]

It's certainly required on Mac OS.
Have to load up the BB desktop software, but don't need it for moving data on or off the tablet after it's mounted at least.