XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.msdos.batch.nt   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android   
   From: fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com   
      
   Andrew wrote:   
   >   
   > I'm always here, as is Paul and as are others, to help people out.   
      
   Where is here for you? I'm posting in alt.msdos.batch.nt.   
      
      
   > It's odd that only Nokia doesn't supply its own Android USB drivers.   
      
   I think it's odd that it needs a special driver when my flip phone of 20   
   years ago would simply emulate a USB drive, so it didn't need a special   
   driver. I know MTP works like a client-server database to prevent file   
   corruption, but I don't see why the Windows version of the MTP protocol   
   can't include the ability to assign a drive letter, since Windows   
   depends on letters.   
      
      
   > Personally, I long ago forgot that the SUBST command even existed, so   
      
   In alt.msdos.batch.nt we haven't even forgotten the REPLACE command but   
   XCOPY /U works better.   
      
   I even remember trying RECOVER on floppies but it never worked. Norton   
   Utilities had an equivalent that did work.   
      
      
   > A search for the OP shows also that there is a "Virtual SUBST"   
   > program.    
   >  "Visual Subst provides you with a clean, simple and distraction-free   
   >   user interface where you can manage all your virtual and network   
   >   drives at once. It solves four main issues with the built-in   
   >   'SUBST' and 'NET USE' commands: it enables editable drive labels,   
   >   creates UAC drives for elevated applications, manages Recycle Bin   
   >   for deleted items and it restores virtual drives after reboots."   
   >   
   > This shows a guy with the opposite problem, in that he has the SUBST   
   > drive and wants to get rid of it for his Android phone working with   
   > Windows.   
   >    
   >   
   > And this shows a guy on Android who is told SUBST was worse than   
   > Dokany but that Round-sync was better (although it seems to mount SMB   
   > shares).   
   >    
   >   
   > Here is the Round Sync - Rclone for Android web page for those who   
   > care:    
   >   
   > I downloaded it, to test it for the OP, but I'm going on a trip so I   
   > won't have results until later - but the OP might want to take a look   
   > at it.    
   >    
   > Name: roundsync_v2.5.6-oss-universal-release.apk   
   > Size: 116786852 bytes (111 MiB)   
   > SHA256:   
   > F6827968A7D234CD5440F5C5CCD37F944D4E96C33180EBECEBBBE96992CDCE2F   
   > It seems naturally intuitive to use SMB with Windows - so it's worth   
   > a try.   
      
      
      
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