From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   On January 27, AJL  wrote:   
   > 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...   
      
     I happened to get the 'hidden' 'Files' app to open, not with an icon   
   'shortcut' in the 'app drawer', but still.   
      
     I'll describe what I did, so that might lead to a clue to what you did   
   and hopefully to some method to open the 'Files' app in some easier way.   
      
     I was in the (Google) 'Drive' app and wanted to download a file to my   
   phone, so I tapped the  icon to the right of the   
   file name and tapped on 'Download'. Then I got a popup that a   
   notification would appear [1]. In the notification area there was a   
   notification " Downloaded 1 file ".   
   Opened ('\/' down-caret on the right) the notification, which now also   
   said 'Locate file'. Tapped on that and lo and behold, I got a popup:   
      
   "Complete action using	(i)   
      
        	   
      
           Files		    My Files   
      
         Just once		    Always"   
      
     By tapping 'Files' and the 'Just once', the 'Files' app opened and I   
   could use it.   
      
     Sadly, I did not find a way to attach it to a icon/shortcut for the   
   'app drawer'.   
      
     I hope this helps (a bit).   
      
   [1]   
   "1 item will be downloaded. See notification for   
    details."   
      
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