From: noemail@none.com
On 2/1/2026 11:34 AM, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> 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.
Yup, that's the popup I got before and used it to open the local Files
app. I just don't remember what I was doing and haven't been able to
open the app since. But the app still sits and grins at me in the
tablet's All Apps list...
> Sadly, I did not find a way to attach it to a icon/shortcut for the
> 'app drawer'.
So I just tried it again your way with a text file stored in Google
Drive. Hit the "3 dots/download". It just downloaded the text file
direct to Google Files with no pop up. So then I tried the "3dots/open
with" in both Google Drive and Google Files. They both gave me a popup
choice of using the Chrome app or the HTML Viewer app but nothing about
the local Files app. Huh??
> I hope this helps (a bit).
I dunno. Tell me again why I actually need the local Files app???
> [1] "1 item will be downloaded. See notification for details."
>
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