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   On 1/26/26 2:42 PM, Maria Sophia 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...   
   >   
   >Hi AJL,   
   >   
   >I am confused by that description, so I'm simply gonna assume (for now,   
   >unless corrected) that you think you have a package installed, and yet   
   >there is no icon for you to launch that package, which is very common.   
   >   
   >I have over a thousand packages installed, for example, on my 64GB Galaxy   
   >but, oh, I don't know, only half of that (or fewer) have homescreen icons.   
   >   
   >I had tested all the free "app drawer" apps years ago and found every one   
   >lacking so the way I'd go is I'd use Muntashirakon App Manager to find it.   
   >   
   >If it's installed in the system or user space, Muntashirakon should see it.   
   > 1. Once Muntashirakon sees it, it can launch it.   
   > 2. Once Muntashirakon sees it, it can create a homescreen shortcut to it.   
   >   
   >If you don't want to install Muntashirakon, adb should be able to see it.   
   > C:\> adb shell pm list packages | findstr /i files   
      
   That's way above my pay grade experience...   
      
   >If Muntashirakon and/or adb doesn't see it, then it's not there.   
      
   If it came with the phone (and later the same situation on 2 tablets) and is   
    shown as installed in Settings/Your Apps and has all the settings of the   
    other apps it's there. I just can't open it because there's no icon   
    anywhere. I'm open to suggestions...   
      
   Also on my Lenovo tablet I did get the local Files app open once when it   
    gave me a choice of Google Files or local Files. I chose the local and it   
    opened and worked fine. But I don't remember what I hit to get the   
    'choice'. Any idea what to do to get that choice notification again?   
      
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