When Android dropped support for USB mass storage it created a nightmare for organising which files have a hard copy backed up somewhere else.  I want my photos I copy to have meaningful title and also retain my photos on my phone so I can show friends.

I wrote an Auotit programme that has copied my photos for many years, but Autoit cannot access MTP WPD devices.

Windows pathetic “Photo importer” insists on copying every single image it finds on your phone!  every time you run it!  Where is the Microsoft  ‘Mindset’  that thought that one up!  It was obviously a last minute panic app that has never been improved or updated.

So here are some alternatives I have played with to get round this dilemma.

Windows Explorer:

• Can’t copy multiple files from MTP

FileVoyager:

• Can’t rename multiple files.

XYplorer:

• Custom copy not supported on MTP
• Rename MTP file doesn’t work.

MultiCommander:

• Can’t view thumbnails of photos on MTP only details.

Pros

• Multi rename on MTP
• View MTP file/photo with F3
• Script engine – I have been able to filter, copy and rename files using a script.

FreeCommander:

• Can’t rename MTP files. error ‘no such interface’ ?

CubicExplorer:

• Can’t rename multiple files.
• No search or filter.

XenonPortable:

• No  MTP support at all!

MobileFileSearch :

• Can’t rename MTP files.
• Date search is flawed.

 

The path for MTP looks like this:

::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\\\?\usb#vid_04e8&pid_6860&ms_comp_mtp&samsung_android#6&28b1e980&0&0000#{6ac27878-a6fa-4155-ba85-f98f491d4f33}