Personally I use MediaMonkey, but to get the most out of it you really should have the Gold version (i.e., not free). Also good old Winamp might work as well, though there have been reports that reliability sometimes can be spotty with newer Creative devices.
I need something to build playlists and for the Zen. I dont like the Creative Zen Explore version. So, I'm hoping for something else?
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