>>Hi Al,
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>>I have this trouble too. So let me explain:
>>The file system mounted does not behave like a normal DOS file system and not like an UNC path. One can not address it via \\ or drive letter. If you open up something by double click (let's say a picture) it get copied to some temp folder and opened from there. (When the viewer allows next / prev picture you get strange results)
>>The PTP shows only pics etc. While the other exposes all files.
>>It works a bit like an SCP program.
>>If I need to work on it, I copy the system to some private store, do my work and copy back.
>>On my comps (XP W7, W8.1) there is no way to eject MTM / PTP stuff.
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>>A lot of non VFP progs have problems too. Eaxmples are XNView, KeePass.
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>>Lutz
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>Lutz, please let me know if you find anything.
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>Using a program like Memento database you can easily set a user up with a form to enter data and capture images. Memento saves the data as a .csv file and gives you the path to the related images for each row of data. If I could access the Android device directly I could just import that data automatically rather than having to rely on the user to manually copy the csv and images to the local file system. As we all know, the easier it is for the user the less support we have to provide.

It looks like you should be able to mount any *external* storage on your phone (e.g. SD card) directly as a disk drive. Or, possibly remove it from the phone and plug it into a card reader on your PC. But that doesn't address the phone's internal storage/filesystem.

Googling [android mount filesystem on windows] brings up some interesting-looking results, it seems there's an "Android Commander" app amongst other options.