Camera No Longer Being Recognized

My powershot SD400 is suddenly not being recognized by any photo importing programs on my computer. It has worked fine up until now, this morning I hooked it up & rather than giving me the option to open with several different programs, there's not one program listed with which to access the camera. When I open Adobe or Get Canon neither program recognizes the camera when it is plugged into the computer even while the empty dialog box with no program options which opened upon plugging in the camera is present, indicating the computer does recognize the camera is plugged in. I've been through the options in the camera itself & i can't find anything changed from the settings the camera had when it was being properly recognized by the photo import programs.

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Does it connect to the PC via a USB cable? Then try connecting to a different USB port or if you have try a new USB cable. I had the same problem with my IXUS 400 and changing to a new USB port, directly to the PC - not a USB hub, it worked. However now I have several issues with my camera - no sound or image on the LCD screen, but I think these are unrelated.

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