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   On 1/26/26 10:39 AM, VanguardLH wrote:   
   >AJL  wrote:   
   >   
   >> I'm posting with a new toy, a Lenovo Tab K10 that's so far been   
   >> updated to Android 12. It has an unusual problem. The built in device   
   >> Files app doesn't show up in the all-files screen and thus can't be   
   >> put on a regular screen. However it does show up in the Settings All   
   >> Apps list. I can use it from there but that's a royal PITA. The   
   >> Google Files app came installed of course and works as it's supposed   
   >> to and I can use it but still the device's Files app's apparent bug   
   >> bugs me...   
      
   I lied. I can't open Files from Settings. Apparently earlier I was trying to   
    open something or hit a link and it gave me the choice of using the local   
    Files app or the Google Files app. I hit the local Files app and it opened.   
    Now I can't remember what I did to even get that.   
      
   >Maybe it got hidden.  Different brands of phones have different   
   >settings.  On my Samsung A36, I go to:   
      
   >Settings -> Home screen -> Hide apps on Home and Apps screens   
      
   No luck.   
      
   >Else, you can go into settings and search on "hide".   
      
   No luck.   
      
   >There are listed the apps which I can select will not show on the Home   
   >or Apps screens.  There are bundled apps that cannot be uninstalled   
   >(except possibly using ADB to uninstall packages), but can be disabled   
   >(not all of them since Samsung commands some will remain enabled).  I   
   >disable their notifications, and anything I can about them, and then can   
   >hide them.   
      
   My local Files app shows up normally in settings and looks completely normal   
    including the remove permissions if not used but there's no way to to get   
    it on the app drawer.   
      
   >While My Files may not be in the app drawer, a workaround to get it   
   >added to a home screen is to add it in a group.  When you drag one home   
   >shortcut atop another, a group gets created.  When you open the group,   
   >there is a "+" icon to let you add more shortcuts within the group   
   >(another way is to drag into the group).  After tapping "+", a list of   
   >apps appear that you can add.  My Files should be listed, so select it   
   >to add.  You can either leave the My Files shortcut in the group, like   
   >one titled Tools, or drag it out of the group onto a home screen.   
      
   My problem is that there is no local Files icon anywhere to work with. And   
    since I forgot how I got that choice notification of which files app to use   
    I now can't get the local Files app to activate at all.   
      
   Further I'm starting to smell a rat. Upon checking my other Topsand N8   
    tablet toy (Android 14) it does the exact same thing. I had not noticed it   
    before. Since they were both Googleized when I got them I think I know who   
    the rat is...   
      
   It's no biggie since the Google Files app works just fine. It just bugs me.   
    The local Files app is there in all respects except it won't open.   
      
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