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To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.30 X-BeenThere: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.30 List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: William Stewart via Cygwin Reply-To: bstewart AT iname DOT com Cc: William Stewart Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Sender: "Cygwin" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by delorie.com id 64RGtAcG1457247 On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 9:31 AM Jakob Bohm wrote: Folders that show up in Windows File Explorer may be actual folders > available via the Windows File IO APIs, or they may be virtual locations > implemented in loadable File Explorer extensions such as the extension > that allows using File Explorer to navigate inside ZIP files. If (and I > don't know if this is the case), the Windows handling of the MTG? USB > protocol is an File Explorer extension, it probably isn't exposed to > other software such as Cygwin or even cmd.exe . I can suggest two potential solutions I have used for file transfers between Android devices and Windows machines: Syncthing and ssh server/sftp client. Regarding Syncthing: Requires folder setup and is primarily used to synchronize directory contents. (Might not be suitable, depending on your use case.) Regarding ssh server and sftp: I run sshd on the Windows side and Total Commander with its sftp plugin on the Android side. -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple