Cannot read removable storage anymore

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Shadow
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Cannot read removable storage anymore

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It appears the Win10 Creators update has broken XY's ability to read removable media... at least for me.

Screenshot of current XY display
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Screenshot of MS File Explorer display (which is what XY used to show)
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Re: Cannot read removable storage anymore

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Thanks for the info.

Anybody else using Win10 Creators update?

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Re: Cannot read removable storage anymore

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I have Win 10 x64 Pro Creator's Update. I inserted a couple of flash drives and it read them alright. My phone is dead and charging now, but I'll try it later.
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Re: Cannot read removable storage anymore

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Win 10 Creator Update/17.90.0102 - works just fine. Removable drives show up as expected. Unrelated, but Network Mapped drives also show up as expected.

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Re: Cannot read removable storage anymore

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Removable drives is not the same as portable devices (phones etc).

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Re: Cannot read removable storage anymore

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For my LG phone, which I have properly viewed the internal storage previously (probably before the Creator's Update), the "Internal Storage" as well as the "SD card" display, but I get a ? mark for the icon next to them and no files appear in the list. It does display the Total size and Free space for each but no files.

Xyplorer did properly read the photos stored on an SD card installed in a Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS100 camera without a problem.
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1. So it looks like the screenshot in the first post of this thread?

2. What's the exact Windows version shown in Help | Various Information in line OS: ...?

3. In v17.90.0104 run this through the Address Bar (replace "Nexus 10" with the name of your portable device!!!)

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echo get("pdpath", "Nexus 10");
Show me what is returned.

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Re: Cannot read removable storage anymore

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Yes my display for my LG phone is similar to Shadow's, but I have both Internal Storage and SD card.
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The Windows version displayed in Various Information is:
OS: Windows 10, 64-bit (10.0)

In Windows Settings About box it is:
Edition: Windows 10 Pro
Version: 1703
Build: 15063.138

Result returned from echo get("pdpath", "LGL82VL");
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Now please try this:

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 echo get("pdpath", "LGL82VL\SD card");

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Results for echo get("pdpath", "LGL82VL\SD card");

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::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\\\?\usb#vid_1004&pid_633e#lgl82vl301e4f7#{6ac27878-a6fa-4155-ba85-f98f491d4f33}\SID-{20001,,31902400512} - True
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klownboy wrote:Results for echo get("pdpath", "LGL82VL\SD card");

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::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\\\?\usb#vid_1004&pid_633e#lgl82vl301e4f7#{6ac27878-a6fa-4155-ba85-f98f491d4f33}\SID-{20001,,31902400512} - True
Thanks. Now in the latest beta (v17.90.0105) please do each of these:

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echo get("pidl", get("pdpath", "LGL82VL\SD card"), 0);

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echo get("pidl", get("pdpath", "LGL82VL\SD card"), 1);

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echo get("pidl", get("pdpath", "LGL82VL\SD card"), 2);

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echo get("pidl", get("pdpath", "LGL82VL\SD card"), 3);

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echo get("pidl", get("pdpath", "LGL82VL\SD card"), 4);
Does each line return a number?

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Re: Cannot read removable storage anymore

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Only "4" is returning a number. The first four (i.e., 0, 1, 2, 3) returned nothing on multiple runs.

"4' returned: 107430064 on the 1st run, 2nd run 107431192, 3rd 15130824
Keeps changing but that makes sense.

Edit: The above info is the same if I substitute "Internal storage" for "SD card" (i.e., a number is returned on "4" only).
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Re: Cannot read removable storage anymore

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Thanks a lot. This explains the trouble.

It's another story to fix it. Something is out of order in the Windows 10 Creators Update. They might fix it in the next update.

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Re: Cannot read removable storage anymore

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OK Don thanks. I don't access the phone that way that often. If I need to before Microsoft fixes the issue, I can use Windows Explorer.
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Re: Cannot read removable storage anymore

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So, uhm, it's not fixed in v17.90.0107?

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