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   On 1/27/26 8:37 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   >AJL  wrote:   
   >[...]   
   >> Apparently the 'problem' has been around for quite awhile. My 6 year old   
   >>  Samsung Galaxy S10+ phone does the same thing. The LOCAL Files app is shown   
   >>  in settings as "installed" but is NOT in the App Drawer and I see no way to   
   >>  put it there or to open it. However The "Google Files" app AND the Samsung   
   >>  "My Files" app are in the drawer so guess the designers probably figured I   
   >>  didn't need 3 Files apps.   
   >>   
   >> Give your stuff a check and see what you find...   
   >   
   >  Indeed, on my Samsung Galaxy A56 (Android) there is indeed a 'Files'   
   >app in the (Settings ->) 'Apps' list. (And I of course have the Samsung   
   >'My Files' app. I do not have the 'Google Files' app.)   
   >   
   >  BTW, contrary to your other post, I do not have to "Toggle Show system   
   >apps to ON" to see the mystery 'Files' app. I already saw it, before I   
   >toggled the switch to ON.   
      
   Yup, me too. My Files app on this Lenovo tablet is listed in plain sight in   
    the all apps list. That 'toggle system apps on' was just one cut and paste   
    solution I found for a particular device as an example of the very common   
    'bug' I didn't know existed.   
      
   >  Mystery solved.   
      
   Not for me cause I actually got my Files app to open on this tablet. And it   
    worked. I just can't remember how. Somehow I tapped something and got the   
    popup 'Open in Files, Open in Google Files, Always use this app. I picked   
    Files and it worked fine. So the mystery is what did I push to open that   
    choice. And if I had picked Always use this app would the local Files start   
    working? Lotsa mystery left...   
      
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