Using Android and Win11, and details of how copy works in win11 may be different from win10, or at least important:
There's probably a better way to do it but I copy my photos from my
phone to my PC (and later to a backup drive) by displaying the phone's
camera folder in MyPhoneExplorer's file manager, highlighting the ones
that are newer than the ones in the PC, and dragging them to the folder
in the PC.
Today I found a cache of photos in a 3rd location on the phone. I
understand why external and internal storage, but why two locations in internal storage? So to help myself to look further later, I created a
new folder in the PC and copied everything to it. About 626 files, took
80 minutes, no problem, I'm not going anywhere.
But at the end, it found 6 files that already existed in the destination
folder. How can that be when it was a new folder? I said to keep both
and give a new name to the ones copied in. When I look, after the copy completed, I have 6 pairs of files, and the date, time, and size are the
same for each pair. They really are the same. Did it get mixed up and
start copying a second time? Then why did it stop after 6?
Complicating this a bit is that I first started to copy the files to the correct folder, realized that the new files would be lost among the old
files and stopped the copy after less than a minute, time enough maybe
to copy in 6 files and indeed those same 6 files are in the already
existing destination folder. Can something about being copied the first
time cause them to be copied to the new folder too? How can that be?
The new folder didn't exist when I mistakenly copied a few files to a different existing folder. And the new folder could not have been aSorry, can't answer that one - I'm only on 10, and really only familiar
duplicate of the existing folder because it was new and I copied nothing
into it other than that one big copy.
In Win11, when it says there are duplicate files in source and
destination, does it say that when it finds them or at the end of the
whole process? Either way, this is no easier to solve. It did know
there were 6 of them when it brought up the message box.
Using Android and Win11, and details of how copy works in win11 may be different from win10, or at least important:
There's probably a better way to do it but I copy my photos from my
phone to my PC (and later to a backup drive) by displaying the phone's
camera folder in MyPhoneExplorer's file manager, highlighting the ones
that are newer than the ones in the PC, and dragging them to the folder
in the PC.
Today I found a cache of photos in a 3rd location on the phone. I
understand why external and internal storage, but why two locations in internal storage? So to help myself to look further later, I created a
new folder in the PC and copied everything to it. About 626 files, took
80 minutes, no problem, I'm not going anywhere.
But at the end, it found 6 files that already existed in the destination folder. How can that be when it was a new folder? I said to keep both
and give a new name to the ones copied in. When I look, after the copy completed, I have 6 pairs of files, and the date, time, and size are the
same for each pair. They really are the same. Did it get mixed up and
start copying a second time? Then why did it stop after 6?
Complicating this a bit is that I first started to copy the files to the correct folder, realized that the new files would be lost among the old
files and stopped the copy after less than a minute, time enough maybe
to copy in 6 files and indeed those same 6 files are in the already
existing destination folder. Can something about being copied the first
time cause them to be copied to the new folder too? How can that be?
The new folder didn't exist when I mistakenly copied a few files to a different existing folder. And the new folder could not have been a
duplicate of the existing folder because it was new and I copied nothing
into it other than that one big copy.
In Win11, when it says there are duplicate files in source and
destination, does it say that when it finds them or at the end of the
whole process? Either way, this is no easier to solve. It did know
there were 6 of them when it brought up the message box.
On Fri, 7/18/2025 11:03 PM, micky wrote:
Using Android and Win11, and details of how copy works in win11 may be
different from win10, or at least important:
There's probably a better way to do it but I copy my photos from my
phone to my PC (and later to a backup drive) by displaying the phone's
camera folder in MyPhoneExplorer's file manager, highlighting the ones
that are newer than the ones in the PC, and dragging them to the folder
in the PC.
Today I found a cache of photos in a 3rd location on the phone. I
understand why external and internal storage, but why two locations in
internal storage? So to help myself to look further later, I created a
new folder in the PC and copied everything to it. About 626 files, took
80 minutes, no problem, I'm not going anywhere.
But at the end, it found 6 files that already existed in the destination
folder. How can that be when it was a new folder? I said to keep both
and give a new name to the ones copied in. When I look, after the copy
completed, I have 6 pairs of files, and the date, time, and size are the
same for each pair. They really are the same. Did it get mixed up and
start copying a second time? Then why did it stop after 6?
Complicating this a bit is that I first started to copy the files to the
correct folder, realized that the new files would be lost among the old
files and stopped the copy after less than a minute, time enough maybe
to copy in 6 files and indeed those same 6 files are in the already
existing destination folder. Can something about being copied the first
time cause them to be copied to the new folder too? How can that be?
The new folder didn't exist when I mistakenly copied a few files to a
different existing folder. And the new folder could not have been a
duplicate of the existing folder because it was new and I copied nothing
into it other than that one big copy.
In Win11, when it says there are duplicate files in source and
destination, does it say that when it finds them or at the end of the
whole process? Either way, this is no easier to solve. It did know
there were 6 of them when it brought up the message box.
Pretend I'm from another planet.
OK, you have this Android phone and it has a program called MyPhoneExplorer.
Was there a matching program on the PC called MyPhoneExplorer ?
Perhaps that would support a private sync protocol of some sort.
Did the MyPhoneExplorer think it was using MTP protocol ? I don't
think windows does MTP as a host on its side. It does not pretend
it is a Digital Camera and that it has a DCIM folder.
You could be using MTP (over some wire protocol).
You could be using FTP over IP.
You could be using File Sharing over IP.
It could be using a private sync protocol (between two copies of the program).
First try and frame what is going on, on the two ends a bit better.
Just as a general comment, what you're seeing is not an expected behavior.
And as a developer, you're NOT supposed to turn every computer experience >into a "forensic nightmare". Just sayin. An example of a forensic nightmare, >is OneDrive failure states. The "Where are My Files" problem.
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On 2025/7/19 4:3:28, micky wrote:
Using Android and Win11, and details of how copy works in win11 may be
different from win10, or at least important:
There's probably a better way to do it but I copy my photos from my
phone to my PC (and later to a backup drive) by displaying the phone's
camera folder in MyPhoneExplorer's file manager, highlighting the ones
Is MyPhoneExplorer something running on the PC, or on the 'phone?
that are newer than the ones in the PC, and dragging them to the folder
in the PC.
Today I found a cache of photos in a 3rd location on the phone. I
understand why external and internal storage, but why two locations in
internal storage? So to help myself to look further later, I created a
new folder in the PC and copied everything to it. About 626 files, took
80 minutes, no problem, I'm not going anywhere.
But at the end, it found 6 files that already existed in the destination
You say "at the end", but later ask.
folder. How can that be when it was a new folder? I said to keep both
and give a new name to the ones copied in. When I look, after the copy
completed, I have 6 pairs of files, and the date, time, and size are the
same for each pair. They really are the same. Did it get mixed up and
start copying a second time? Then why did it stop after 6?
I had a similar overwrite query years ago when using my genealogy
software (Brother's Keeper)'s own backup facility, when I selected the >option "also backup images" (or something like that); it turned out
that, although the software is happy linking to images all over the
place, it backs them up, when you select that option, to the same place; >thus when I had images of the same name in two different places (say, an >image of the census return for a given family, stored under the 1891 and
the 1901 censuses), it asked me keep or overwrite (unfortunately it
didn't offer a rename option).
[Now, I just use its own backup feature to back up its own data files,
not images; I back those up, including their directory structure, with >FreeFileSync.]
I'm wondering: is it possible that, between the naming system of the
'phone and the computer, you have (six cases of where) two files have a >different name/identity on the 'phone, but this gets turned into the
same name on the computer? In other words, it copied one of them fine,
but when it gets to the second one, it wants to give it a name on the >computer which it finds already present. So the files weren't there in
your - newly-created - directory from the start, but from earlier in the >copying session.>
Complicating this a bit is that I first started to copy the files to the
correct folder, realized that the new files would be lost among the old
files and stopped the copy after less than a minute, time enough maybe
to copy in 6 files and indeed those same 6 files are in the already
existing destination folder. Can something about being copied the first
time cause them to be copied to the new folder too? How can that be?
I can't see how it can, but that's assuming you are instigating this
copying from the computer; knowing little of Android, I don't know if it
can if you're doing so from the 'phone.
The new folder didn't exist when I mistakenly copied a few files to aSorry, can't answer that one - I'm only on 10, and really only familiar
different existing folder. And the new folder could not have been a
duplicate of the existing folder because it was new and I copied nothing
into it other than that one big copy.
In Win11, when it says there are duplicate files in source and
destination, does it say that when it finds them or at the end of the
whole process? Either way, this is no easier to solve. It did know
there were 6 of them when it brought up the message box.
with 7. On 7 (and I think 10), it stops the copy to ask what to do
(keep, overwrite, or rename) when it comes to a duplicate (or seems to;
maybe it copies/moves all the problem-free ones before asking. But I
think I've seen it ask this question, then when answered, go back to
further copying). It does offer "do this with all other similar files?"
when it asks you to choose what to do, but I don't know if it knows at
that point how many there are.
In comp.mobile.android, on Sat, 19 Jul 2025 10:38:18 +0100, "J. P.<big snip>
Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
On 2025/7/19 4:3:28, micky wrote:
That would account for it, but I haven't been aware of any name changes.
Being photograhs, the system names them with the date and time, to the second. One might be able to take two pictures in the same second. I
(This set of pictures is dated 4 years ago. I think I tried burst once
or twice and might have also done it by accident. I'm not a sports news photographer and don't have a big need for this feature. I think it's a
lot easier to implement in a digital camera than a film camera.)
Yes, I was using the computer to do this. MyPhoneExplorer displays a
list of files with the usual view options. I almost always use Details.
And you can sort of any of the fields. I used Date, so I could start
copying where I left off last time.
A clue that win11 waits until the end is that it asks, Do you want toYes, sounds like it. (Could be that it only does 5 [or whatever] at a
use the same choice for your next 5 conflicts**. It knows how many there
are, so it must have finished or looked ahead. Win10 would ask, Do you
want to use the same choice for all your similar files.
**I said No, but each time I clicked on Keep Both and the Remaining
counter went down by one.
think I've seen it ask this question, then when answered, go back to
further copying). It does offer "do this with all other similar files?"
when it asks you to choose what to do, but I don't know if it knows at
that point how many there are.
I think this is a small improvement in win11.
Yes, I was using the computer to do this. MyPhoneExplorer displays a
list of files with the usual view options. I almost always use Details.
And you can sort of any of the fields. I used Date, so I could start
copying where I left off last time.
I take it you _have_ to use MyPhoneExplorer, and can't just use File
Manager - i. e. the 'phone doesn't just appear like an external >drive/card.[]
A clue that win11 waits until the end is that it asks, Do you want toYes, sounds like it. (Could be that it only does 5 [or whatever] at a
use the same choice for your next 5 conflicts**. It knows how many there
are, so it must have finished or looked ahead. Win10 would ask, Do you
want to use the same choice for all your similar files.
**I said No, but each time I clicked on Keep Both and the Remaining
counter went down by one.
think I've seen it ask this question, then when answered, go back to
further copying). It does offer "do this with all other similar files?"
when it asks you to choose what to do, but I don't know if it knows at
that point how many there are.
I think this is a small improvement in win11.
time, of course.)
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- Alexander Armstrong, RT 2014/8/23-29
On 7/19/25 8:37 AM, micky wrote:
In comp.mobile.android, on Sat, 19 Jul 2025 10:38:18 +0100, "J. P.<big snip>
Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
On 2025/7/19 4:3:28, micky wrote:
I'm not going to try to point out where you made statements. But here are my thoughts in
general.
1st:
I have a pixel6a camera. I get burst photos all the time. They are not dupes, copies or
otherwise. The phone puts that on the names when you are in burst mode. The phone is
taking several pictures in fast rapid burst mode. It's a phone feature, maybe on all but
androids at least. Sometimes as simple as holding the button rather than tapping the
button on the phone. That or it's in the photo app settings.
2nd:
Android is Linux. Linux is case sensitive. IMG103.JPG is not IMG103.jpg. They are
different.
Windows is case insensitive. The 2 images are the same thing to windows.
This all just adds to your confusion I think.
HTH
On 2025/7/19 13:37:59, micky wrote:
[]
That would account for it, but I haven't been aware of any name changes.
Could what Alan K. observed about case (in)sensitivity being an explanation - XYZ.jpg being the same as xyz.jpg on one OS but not the other? Though ...
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sat, 19 Jul 2025 23:14:12 +0100, "J. P. >Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
I take it you _have_ to use MyPhoneExplorer, and can't just use File >>Manager - i. e. the 'phone doesn't just appear like an external >>drive/card.[]
I'm 95% sure I have seen the phone in some windows file manager,
probably the one that comes with Windows. Maybe this ia an example of >old-habits die hard, though it's not much trouble to start the app in
thue phone and connect it in one of the many ways allowed. The phone
woud have to be on in any case.
Okay, I'll investigate. By golly, it's there in File Explorer now, but
only one line. When I click on the > sign, the sign disappears and
nothing else appears.
I'm 95% sure I have seen the phone in some windows file manager,
probably the one that comes with Windows. Maybe this ia an example of >>old-habits die hard, though it's not much trouble to start the app in
thue phone and connect it in one of the many ways allowed. The phone
woud have to be on in any case.
Okay, I'll investigate. By golly, it's there in File Explorer now, but >>only one line. When I click on the > sign, the sign disappears and
nothing else appears.
I assume you know this, but at some point, shortly after connecting the
phone to the PC, you should be prompted on the phone to allow or deny
the connection from the PC. You'd Deny the connection if you only wanted
to charge the phone, for example, but if you wanted to perform a file >transfer you'd have to hit Allow. I'm not sure, but I think if you--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
ignore the prompt it eventually goes away and assumes you wanted to deny
it. At that point, the phone will still be visible in File Explorer, but >clicking on it doesn't do anything.
In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Sun, 20 Jul 2025 02:24:48 -0500, Char
Jackson <none@none.invalid> wrote:
I'm 95% sure I have seen the phone in some windows file manager,
probably the one that comes with Windows. Maybe this ia an example of >>>old-habits die hard, though it's not much trouble to start the app in >>>thue phone and connect it in one of the many ways allowed. The phone >>>woud have to be on in any case.
Okay, I'll investigate. By golly, it's there in File Explorer now, but >>>only one line. When I click on the > sign, the sign disappears and >>>nothing else appears.
I assume you know this, but at some point, shortly after connecting the >>phone to the PC, you should be prompted on the phone to allow or deny
the connection from the PC. You'd Deny the connection if you only wanted
Well I sort of know it but I hadn't thought about it, so it's very good
that you broughnt it up.
I plug the phone into the PC every time I'm used the phone for a while ,
but only to charge it. So I always tap Cancel, without even thinking >anymore. I will tap something else and get back to you.
I was so committed to Cancel I had actually hoped there was a setting so--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
it would assume I want Cancel.
to charge the phone, for example, but if you wanted to perform a file >>transfer you'd have to hit Allow. I'm not sure, but I think if you
ignore the prompt it eventually goes away and assumes you wanted to deny >>it. At that point, the phone will still be visible in File Explorer, but >>clicking on it doesn't do anything.
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sun, 20 Jul 2025 10:56:43 -0400, micky ><NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Sun, 20 Jul 2025 02:24:48 -0500, Char
Jackson <none@none.invalid> wrote:
I'm 95% sure I have seen the phone in some windows file manager, >>>>probably the one that comes with Windows. Maybe this ia an example of >>>>old-habits die hard, though it's not much trouble to start the app in >>>>thue phone and connect it in one of the many ways allowed. The phone >>>>woud have to be on in any case.
Okay, I'll investigate. By golly, it's there in File Explorer now, but >>>>only one line. When I click on the > sign, the sign disappears and >>>>nothing else appears.
I assume you know this, but at some point, shortly after connecting the >>>phone to the PC, you should be prompted on the phone to allow or deny
the connection from the PC. You'd Deny the connection if you only wanted
Well I sort of know it but I hadn't thought about it, so it's very good >>that you broughnt it up.
I plug the phone into the PC every time I'm used the phone for a while , >>but only to charge it. So I always tap Cancel, without even thinking >>anymore. I will tap something else and get back to you.
I plugged in the charger cable from the PC to the phone before I turned
the phone on, and the question box didn't come up at all.
So I unplugged it, and plugged it in again and the box came up and I
answered Transfer Photos (PTP).
And in MS File Explorer, it did show more, but only Internal storage,
which it called Internal shared storage. No hint of the external
storage for some strange reason. (Maybe external storage is not meant
to be "shared"? Even with me.) It did not have the Android folder that
I found later. Even when I clicked on "Open Device to View Files / File >Explorer"
OKay, I did it again and this time I tapped File Transfer - Android
Auto. This time a box came up on the PC asking me to say what I wanted
to do when this device was plugged in and I clicked "Open Device to View >Files / File Explorer". This time, in addition to Internal shared
storage, thre was a folder called android and in that was DCIM / camera
with more photos, so I guess that was *external* storage, but it was
internal storage that hsd its own folder. I would expect it to be the
other way around.
This is pretty complicated. There are combinations of possible actions I
have not even covered.
There is also a PC choice, upload photos, or something like that. It's--- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
what I want but I've never tried it because I anticipate it will insist
on sending them to User/me/Pictures, not to where I keep my photos. Or
it will make me tell it each time where I want them to go. Maybe it's
better than that.
Another reason I didn't think of not saying Cancel when asked is that >MyPhoneExplore doesn't require it. I always say Cancel with MPE and it
finds both sets of storage.
Another advantage of MPE is it comes with two other free apps, MPE
tasks, which is a todo list that I've never used, and MPE Notes, that I >didn't use for the first 10 years but I love it now. I open a new note
for a new topic, tap the microphone and speak my notes. Later I can add
or modify what I've written. A table of contents shows the first line.
Don't have to carry a pen or take the tiem to write or tap out a
message.
I was so committed to Cancel I had actually hoped there was a setting so
it would assume I want Cancel.
to charge the phone, for example, but if you wanted to perform a file >>>transfer you'd have to hit Allow. I'm not sure, but I think if you
ignore the prompt it eventually goes away and assumes you wanted to deny >>>it. At that point, the phone will still be visible in File Explorer, but >>>clicking on it doesn't do anything.
Another thing, Even when MS File Explorer is showing all the files on
the phone, [Find] Everything shows none of them. That's a little surprising, but maybe phones are the step-children of the digital world
Another thing, Even when MS File Explorer is showing all the files on
the phone, [Find] Everything shows none of them. That's a little surprising, but maybe phones are the step-children of the digital world
micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
[...]
Another thing, Even when MS File Explorer is showing all the files on
the phone, [Find] Everything shows none of them. That's a little
surprising, but maybe phones are the step-children of the digital world
That's because the phone isn't part of the file system. It doesn't
have a drive letter or/and network path ('\\<whatever>'). It is an *MTP device*, not a *drive*. Just try to access it with anything *other* than
File Explorer - i.e. for example from a Command Prompt window - and
you'll see you can't.
[...]
Today I found a cache of photos in a 3rd location on the phone. IWhat are the three paths to photo folders?
understand why external and internal storage, but why two locations in internal storage?
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64910317/mount-mtp-device-on-windows But it's too obscure for daily usage.
On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 13:39:42 -0400, Paul wrote :
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/64910317/mount-mtp-device-on-windows >> But it's too obscure for daily usage.
How to mount your Android phone as a Windows drive letter over Wi-Fi
1. Install any free WebDAV server on Android
2. Set it up as desired (or just use the defaults)
3. Type this command on Windows (use your phone's IP address)
net use X: \\192.168.0.2@8000\DavWWWRoot /USER:foo bar
Q: How do I know that it's that easy?
A: I've done it a billion times.
micky wrote:
Today I found a cache of photos in a 3rd location on the phone. IWhat are the three paths to photo folders?
understand why external and internal storage, but why two locations in
internal storage?
A large bunch of them in Internal storage\DCIM\cameras ** .
Also a large bunch of photos in Internal storage\DCIM !***
And a large bunch in External storage\DCIM\Camera ****.
There is nothing in External storage\DCIM except the Camera folder.
I changed a while back from internal storage to external, but it seems
there are pictures in the 3rd location because one of my camera apps
does not follow standards.
Another thing, Even when MS File Explorer is showing all the files on
the phone, [Find] Everything shows none of them. That's a little
surprising, but maybe phones are the step-children of the digital world
That's because the phone isn't part of the file system. It doesn't
have a drive letter or/and network path ('\\<whatever>'). It is an *MTP device*, not a *drive*. Just try to access it with anything *other* than
File Explorer - i.e. for example from a Command Prompt window - and
you'll see you can't.
This is pretty complicated. There are combinations of possible actions I >>have not even covered.
Another thing, Even when MS File Explorer is showing all the files on
the phone, [Find] Everything shows none of them. That's a little surprising, but maybe phones are the step-children of the digital world
On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 12:40:01 -0400, micky wrote :
This is pretty complicated. There are combinations of possible actions I >>> have not even covered.
Another thing, Even when MS File Explorer is showing all the files on
the phone, [Find] Everything shows none of them. That's a little
surprising, but maybe phones are the step-children of the digital world
If a user mounts the Android file system as a drive letter on Windows,
(which I've done a billion times and which requires nothing more than a
free no-registration no-ads webdav server running on Android), then you can see on Windows more of the Android file system than you can see on Android.
<https://i.postimg.cc/6371SxNd/mountandroidonwindows.jpg>
You can see stuff in the Android root file system for example.
Like the Android HOSTS file.
Note: On Windows, ADB can also see the root Android file system.
If a user mounts the Android file system as a drive letter on Windows,
(which I've done a billion times and which requires nothing more than a
free no-registration no-ads webdav server running on Android), then you can >> see on Windows more of the Android file system than you can see on Android. >> <https://i.postimg.cc/6371SxNd/mountandroidonwindows.jpg>
You can see stuff in the Android root file system for example.
Like the Android HOSTS file.
Note: On Windows, ADB can also see the root Android file system.
See, maybe - but not *access* it without root permissions.
On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:42:33 +0200, Arno Welzel wrote :
If a user mounts the Android file system as a drive letter on Windows,
(which I've done a billion times and which requires nothing more than a
free no-registration no-ads webdav server running on Android), then you can >>> see on Windows more of the Android file system than you can see on Android. >>> <https://i.postimg.cc/6371SxNd/mountandroidonwindows.jpg>
You can see stuff in the Android root file system for example.
Like the Android HOSTS file.
Note: On Windows, ADB can also see the root Android file system.
See, maybe - but not *access* it without root permissions.
Hi Arno,
I'm not sure what you mean by "access" because there are (at least) two different types of "access", one of which is "read access", which you have.
Using CxFileExplorer or FTP is a terrible kluge, IMHO, for example.
All those "MyPhoneExplorer" style kluges are ridiculously absurd, I feel.
Compared to the sheer simplicity of simply mounting Android to Windows as a drive letter (or to the even simpler use of the Windows file explorer).
Marion, 2025-07-22 18:39:
On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:42:33 +0200, Arno Welzel wrote :
[...]
Using CxFileExplorer or FTP is a terrible kluge, IMHO, for example.
Why? It doesn't need any extra software besides the app itself. Even FTP
can be used in Windows without any extra tools - it may not show up as
"drive letter" but you can still add the FTP server provided by CxFileExplorer as network location in Windows and just use it.
All those "MyPhoneExplorer" style kluges are ridiculously absurd, I feel.
Compared to the sheer simplicity of simply mounting Android to Windows as a >> drive letter (or to the even simpler use of the Windows file explorer).
What is "simple" in using a command which you have to know first
compared to a menu in the Windows explorer which to add a network
location? How many average Android and Windows users even know what "net
use" means if you don't tell them first?
I'm not sure what you mean by "access" because there are (at least) two
different types of "access", one of which is "read access", which you have.
Correct. However, some folders are not readable using ADB without root permissions. For example all folders inside /data/data since this is the protected storage of apps.
And the most important point: you first have to install ADB on your
computer *and* get your device connected, which is not that simple for
many people.
Using CxFileExplorer or FTP is a terrible kluge, IMHO, for example.
Why? It doesn't need any extra software besides the app itself. Even FTP
can be used in Windows without any extra tools - it may not show up as
"drive letter" but you can still add the FTP server provided by CxFileExplorer as network location in Windows and just use it.
All those "MyPhoneExplorer" style kluges are ridiculously absurd, I feel.
Compared to the sheer simplicity of simply mounting Android to Windows as a >> drive letter (or to the even simpler use of the Windows file explorer).
What is "simple" in using a command which you have to know first
compared to a menu in the Windows explorer which to add a network
location? How many average Android and Windows users even know what "net
use" means if you don't tell them first?
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