Windows 10 Mobile: Closer look at new File Explorer app

    Windows 10 Mobile: Closer look at new File Explorer app

    Windows 10 Mobile: Closer look at new File Explorer app


    Posted: 11 Feb 2015

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    Microsoft is planning to include a File Explorer app with Windows 10 Mobile, which replaces the current Files app available on Windows Phone 8.1. Not much differs from the two apps functionally, however the new File Explorer app includes a welcome new user-interface.

    Starting off with its UI, the new app incorporates the hamburger menu, something new throughout all the apps on Windows 10. Clicking the hamburger icon opens up a list of storage places, as well as your most recent files. A device that has an SD Card will have that SD Card show up within the hamburger menu too.

    It is now possible to move folders from one location to another, which was oddly not available in the Files app on Windows Phone 8.1. To move a folder, press and hold on a file and select move. You can also change the view of how files are presented, being either as an icon / thumbnail or list.
    Read more: Windows 10 Mobile: A closer look at the new File Explorer app
    Brink's Avatar Posted By: Brink
    11 Feb 2015


  1. Posts : 343
    Windows 10
       #1

    How about the one on the Iphone? Nevermind you just get the message you don't have authority to your own files. :)
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  2. Posts : 5,286
    Win 10 Pro x64
       #2

    That's what I've been waiting for MS to do with WP. Also, I hope that there will also be "Network" explorer where I can also browse any connected device on my home network (other PCs, NAS, etc.)
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  3. Posts : 2
    Win XP, 8.1, 10TP9926(soon)
       #3

    Network browsing would be great, especially for phones.
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       #4

    lantern20 said:
    Network browsing would be great, especially for phones.
    Welcome to TenForums @lantern20 !

    It would be really great to have that native Network browser on WP. We don't have to save everything on our phones.
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  5. Posts : 2
    Win XP, 8.1, 10TP9926(soon)
       #5

    I'd like to be able to copy media from my network to my WP!
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  6. Lee
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    OS X, Win 10
       #6

    . . . to all the above. . .
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  7. Posts : 5,286
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       #7

    lantern20 said:
    I'd like to be able to copy media from my network to my WP!


    There is an app for that purpose called Sharefolder Explorer. You can transfer files both ways. But I want the built-in one like this new File Explorer that Brink shared with us.



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  8. Posts : 6
    Windows 10
       #8

    Oooh, Liking this!!
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