How do I copy files located on “This PC” in Windows 10? [on hold]
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For some reason a USB drive (my phone) got mounted on "This PCHTC6525LVW".
Attempts to run "DIR" function on "This PCHTC6525LVW" fail with message "The system cannot find the file specified." So this fails:
dir "This PCHTC6525LVW"
What is a copiable version of the "This PC" path?
Clicking on the address bar in File Explorer, this is what I see (no drive letter!):
NOTE: This is an HTC One Android phone and I am trying to copy internal storage. Drag and drop is failing on some files so I want to use XCOPY, but XCOPY won't take the path.
windows filesystems
asked Nov 19 at 0:16
Lars Ericson
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For some reason a USB drive (my phone) got mounted on "This PCHTC6525LVW".
Attempts to run "DIR" function on "This PCHTC6525LVW" fail with message "The system cannot find the file specified." So this fails:
dir "This PCHTC6525LVW"
What is a copiable version of the "This PC" path?
Clicking on the address bar in File Explorer, this is what I see (no drive letter!):
NOTE: This is an HTC One Android phone and I am trying to copy internal storage. Drag and drop is failing on some files so I want to use XCOPY, but XCOPY won't take the path.
windows filesystems
asked Nov 19 at 0:16
Lars Ericson
249515
put on hold as off-topic by Ross Ridge, IInspectable, JJJ, Josh Lee, Samuel Liew♦ 2 days ago
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
- "Questions about general computing hardware and software are off-topic for Stack Overflow unless they directly involve tools used primarily for programming. You may be able to get help on Super User." – Ross Ridge, IInspectable, JJJ, Josh Lee, Samuel Liew
If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
superuser.com/questions/369959/…
– Josh Lee
Nov 20 at 15:50
Thanks @Josh Lee, this link answers the question I asked. I will mark it as an answer if you post it below.
– Lars Ericson
Nov 20 at 21:03
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For some reason a USB drive (my phone) got mounted on "This PCHTC6525LVW".
Attempts to run "DIR" function on "This PCHTC6525LVW" fail with message "The system cannot find the file specified." So this fails:
dir "This PCHTC6525LVW"
What is a copiable version of the "This PC" path?
Clicking on the address bar in File Explorer, this is what I see (no drive letter!):
NOTE: This is an HTC One Android phone and I am trying to copy internal storage. Drag and drop is failing on some files so I want to use XCOPY, but XCOPY won't take the path.
windows filesystems
asked Nov 19 at 0:16
Lars Ericson
249515
For some reason a USB drive (my phone) got mounted on "This PCHTC6525LVW".
Attempts to run "DIR" function on "This PCHTC6525LVW" fail with message "The system cannot find the file specified." So this fails:
dir "This PCHTC6525LVW"
What is a copiable version of the "This PC" path?
Clicking on the address bar in File Explorer, this is what I see (no drive letter!):
NOTE: This is an HTC One Android phone and I am trying to copy internal storage. Drag and drop is failing on some files so I want to use XCOPY, but XCOPY won't take the path.
windows filesystems
windows filesystems
asked Nov 19 at 0:16
Lars Ericson
249515
asked Nov 19 at 0:16
Lars Ericson
249515
edited Nov 20 at 0:18
asked Nov 19 at 0:16
Lars Ericson
249515
asked Nov 19 at 0:16
Lars Ericson
249515
asked Nov 19 at 0:16
Lars Ericson
249515
249515
put on hold as off-topic by Ross Ridge, IInspectable, JJJ, Josh Lee, Samuel Liew♦ 2 days ago
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
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If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
put on hold as off-topic by Ross Ridge, IInspectable, JJJ, Josh Lee, Samuel Liew♦ 2 days ago
This question appears to be off-topic. The users who voted to close gave this specific reason:
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If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
superuser.com/questions/369959/…
– Josh Lee
Nov 20 at 15:50
Thanks @Josh Lee, this link answers the question I asked. I will mark it as an answer if you post it below.
– Lars Ericson
Nov 20 at 21:03
add a comment |
superuser.com/questions/369959/…
– Josh Lee
Nov 20 at 15:50
Thanks @Josh Lee, this link answers the question I asked. I will mark it as an answer if you post it below.
– Lars Ericson
Nov 20 at 21:03
superuser.com/questions/369959/…
– Josh Lee
Nov 20 at 15:50
superuser.com/questions/369959/…
– Josh Lee
Nov 20 at 15:50
Thanks @Josh Lee, this link answers the question I asked. I will mark it as an answer if you post it below.
– Lars Ericson
Nov 20 at 21:03
Thanks @Josh Lee, this link answers the question I asked. I will mark it as an answer if you post it below.
– Lars Ericson
Nov 20 at 21:03
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Of course it got mounted, how else would the host be able to access your phone. When you click on that device listed under "This PC", it should be open in the main file explorer window. I suspect you're actually seeing some drive icon > This PC > HTC6525LVW in the address bar. Try clicking on that text and you'll see the actual device directory, something like D:HTC6525LVW instead.
answered Nov 19 at 3:48
Drew Reese
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No it doesn't show a drive icon. I checked for this in explorer window. Some driver takes over which is not in the "drive letter" paradigm. I was hoping for someone familiar with this aspect of Windows to respond.
– Lars Ericson
Nov 20 at 0:15
Can you post a screen capture?
– Drew Reese
Nov 20 at 0:18
Just did this above, thanks.
– Lars Ericson
Nov 20 at 0:19
The little "MP3 player" is the drive icon I was referring to. Windows decides this icon based on the device plugged in. Did this on my own Win10 machine and my android phone (Pixel 2XL) and see that it indeed also does what you describe. Googling around I was able to dig up that you may need a third party application to "mount" it as a drive using the phone's MTP usb setting. You should, however, still be able to drag and drop files to/from your device. I do this all the time to back up my photos to my computer.
– Drew Reese
Nov 26 at 1:14
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1 Answer
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active
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up vote
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Of course it got mounted, how else would the host be able to access your phone. When you click on that device listed under "This PC", it should be open in the main file explorer window. I suspect you're actually seeing some drive icon > This PC > HTC6525LVW in the address bar. Try clicking on that text and you'll see the actual device directory, something like D:HTC6525LVW instead.
answered Nov 19 at 3:48
Drew Reese
1877
No it doesn't show a drive icon. I checked for this in explorer window. Some driver takes over which is not in the "drive letter" paradigm. I was hoping for someone familiar with this aspect of Windows to respond.
– Lars Ericson
Nov 20 at 0:15
Can you post a screen capture?
– Drew Reese
Nov 20 at 0:18
Just did this above, thanks.
– Lars Ericson
Nov 20 at 0:19
The little "MP3 player" is the drive icon I was referring to. Windows decides this icon based on the device plugged in. Did this on my own Win10 machine and my android phone (Pixel 2XL) and see that it indeed also does what you describe. Googling around I was able to dig up that you may need a third party application to "mount" it as a drive using the phone's MTP usb setting. You should, however, still be able to drag and drop files to/from your device. I do this all the time to back up my photos to my computer.
– Drew Reese
Nov 26 at 1:14
add a comment |
up vote
-2
down vote
Of course it got mounted, how else would the host be able to access your phone. When you click on that device listed under "This PC", it should be open in the main file explorer window. I suspect you're actually seeing some drive icon > This PC > HTC6525LVW in the address bar. Try clicking on that text and you'll see the actual device directory, something like D:HTC6525LVW instead.
answered Nov 19 at 3:48
Drew Reese
1877
No it doesn't show a drive icon. I checked for this in explorer window. Some driver takes over which is not in the "drive letter" paradigm. I was hoping for someone familiar with this aspect of Windows to respond.
– Lars Ericson
Nov 20 at 0:15
Can you post a screen capture?
– Drew Reese
Nov 20 at 0:18
Just did this above, thanks.
– Lars Ericson
Nov 20 at 0:19
The little "MP3 player" is the drive icon I was referring to. Windows decides this icon based on the device plugged in. Did this on my own Win10 machine and my android phone (Pixel 2XL) and see that it indeed also does what you describe. Googling around I was able to dig up that you may need a third party application to "mount" it as a drive using the phone's MTP usb setting. You should, however, still be able to drag and drop files to/from your device. I do this all the time to back up my photos to my computer.
– Drew Reese
Nov 26 at 1:14
add a comment |
up vote
-2
down vote
up vote
-2
down vote
Of course it got mounted, how else would the host be able to access your phone. When you click on that device listed under "This PC", it should be open in the main file explorer window. I suspect you're actually seeing some drive icon > This PC > HTC6525LVW in the address bar. Try clicking on that text and you'll see the actual device directory, something like D:HTC6525LVW instead.
answered Nov 19 at 3:48
Drew Reese
1877
Of course it got mounted, how else would the host be able to access your phone. When you click on that device listed under "This PC", it should be open in the main file explorer window. I suspect you're actually seeing some drive icon > This PC > HTC6525LVW in the address bar. Try clicking on that text and you'll see the actual device directory, something like D:HTC6525LVW instead.
answered Nov 19 at 3:48
Drew Reese
1877
answered Nov 19 at 3:48
Drew Reese
1877
answered Nov 19 at 3:48
Drew Reese
1877
answered Nov 19 at 3:48
Drew Reese
1877
1877
No it doesn't show a drive icon. I checked for this in explorer window. Some driver takes over which is not in the "drive letter" paradigm. I was hoping for someone familiar with this aspect of Windows to respond.
– Lars Ericson
Nov 20 at 0:15
Can you post a screen capture?
– Drew Reese
Nov 20 at 0:18
Just did this above, thanks.
– Lars Ericson
Nov 20 at 0:19
The little "MP3 player" is the drive icon I was referring to. Windows decides this icon based on the device plugged in. Did this on my own Win10 machine and my android phone (Pixel 2XL) and see that it indeed also does what you describe. Googling around I was able to dig up that you may need a third party application to "mount" it as a drive using the phone's MTP usb setting. You should, however, still be able to drag and drop files to/from your device. I do this all the time to back up my photos to my computer.
– Drew Reese
Nov 26 at 1:14
add a comment |
No it doesn't show a drive icon. I checked for this in explorer window. Some driver takes over which is not in the "drive letter" paradigm. I was hoping for someone familiar with this aspect of Windows to respond.
– Lars Ericson
Nov 20 at 0:15
Can you post a screen capture?
– Drew Reese
Nov 20 at 0:18
Just did this above, thanks.
– Lars Ericson
Nov 20 at 0:19
The little "MP3 player" is the drive icon I was referring to. Windows decides this icon based on the device plugged in. Did this on my own Win10 machine and my android phone (Pixel 2XL) and see that it indeed also does what you describe. Googling around I was able to dig up that you may need a third party application to "mount" it as a drive using the phone's MTP usb setting. You should, however, still be able to drag and drop files to/from your device. I do this all the time to back up my photos to my computer.
– Drew Reese
Nov 26 at 1:14
No it doesn't show a drive icon. I checked for this in explorer window. Some driver takes over which is not in the "drive letter" paradigm. I was hoping for someone familiar with this aspect of Windows to respond.
– Lars Ericson
Nov 20 at 0:15
No it doesn't show a drive icon. I checked for this in explorer window. Some driver takes over which is not in the "drive letter" paradigm. I was hoping for someone familiar with this aspect of Windows to respond.
– Lars Ericson
Nov 20 at 0:15
Can you post a screen capture?
– Drew Reese
Nov 20 at 0:18
Can you post a screen capture?
– Drew Reese
Nov 20 at 0:18
Just did this above, thanks.
– Lars Ericson
Nov 20 at 0:19
Just did this above, thanks.
– Lars Ericson
Nov 20 at 0:19
The little "MP3 player" is the drive icon I was referring to. Windows decides this icon based on the device plugged in. Did this on my own Win10 machine and my android phone (Pixel 2XL) and see that it indeed also does what you describe. Googling around I was able to dig up that you may need a third party application to "mount" it as a drive using the phone's MTP usb setting. You should, however, still be able to drag and drop files to/from your device. I do this all the time to back up my photos to my computer.
– Drew Reese
Nov 26 at 1:14
The little "MP3 player" is the drive icon I was referring to. Windows decides this icon based on the device plugged in. Did this on my own Win10 machine and my android phone (Pixel 2XL) and see that it indeed also does what you describe. Googling around I was able to dig up that you may need a third party application to "mount" it as a drive using the phone's MTP usb setting. You should, however, still be able to drag and drop files to/from your device. I do this all the time to back up my photos to my computer.
– Drew Reese
Nov 26 at 1:14
add a comment |
superuser.com/questions/369959/…
– Josh Lee
Nov 20 at 15:50
Thanks @Josh Lee, this link answers the question I asked. I will mark it as an answer if you post it below.
– Lars Ericson
Nov 20 at 21:03