to be honest i’v been expecting such a thing to be already build in somehow in windows, or at least a driver or software from sandisk to be available for download that will give that simple and useful feedback.
its annoying to open my computer several times and right click to check on battery status each day as i recharge my player.
i’v been looking all over the internet for a gadget or software that can do that, and found nothing whatsoever.
this thing however small, will be so useful for a huge number of sansa players users.
im even willing to try programming such a software myself but i have no idea how to extract the info from the player.
does any1 have any ideas on the matter ?
is it possible that sandisk will create such a (small and easy to make, yet very useful) software ?
Since you can right-click on the Clip+ in Explorer and see the battery status there, the good news is that the information is available to Windows; the bad news is, since it’s already in the properties dialog, it probably won’t be moved to the tray.
Well, in the (yellow) status line, the battery icon is divided into ten steps, meaning ten percent per step. I like a numerical value, but the icon will suffice.
A quick note regarding the MTP Windows battery status icon: Microsoft , in their infinite wisdom, made this display static. It does not refresh as the battery charges. You have to select Properties again to refresh the display. This doesn’t make sense, since a connected device will naturally be recharging when connected, but nobody apparently realized this.
