[Jan 16] [Tutorial] Use Your Windows Phone 7 HD2 As A Portable USB Drive
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Same thing with me also, Don't know the issue with it.
It works is all I know.
Glad to hear it's working on Windows XP.
You're the first to report it does.
Same thing with me also, Don't know the issue with it.
It works is all I know.
Glad to hear it's working on Windows XP.
You're the first to report it does.
Same thing here, phone appears twice in explorer on Windows Vista, but the good thing is it, it works....
Thank you so much for this registry edit
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Certain folders only appear after you have synced the respective content in Zune for the first time
Tried and copied a music folder there but I couldn't find it either in Zune or using touchXplorer !!
read/write access
Has anyone been able to delete files. I'm able to copy but not delete which doesn't make sense. To be able to copy you have to have write capabilities which should allow you to delete the same files. I'm also unable to find the same copied file using touchXplorer. I see a file called sd card in touchxplorer but am unable to do anthing with it.
Has anyone been able to delete files. I'm able to copy but not delete which doesn't make sense. To be able to copy you have to have write capabilities which should allow you to delete the same files. I'm also unable to find the same copied file using touchXplorer. I see a file called sd card in touchxplorer but am unable to do anthing with it.
Not that anyone cares, but your friends in Redmond, WA USA (Microsoft) say you should not use this hack.
http://windowsphonesecrets.com/2010/11/19/do-not-use-windows-phone-7-as-a-mass-storage-device/
http://windowsphonesecrets.com/2010/11/19/do-not-use-windows-phone-7-as-a-mass-storage-device/
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96Source: How to Use Your Windows Phone 7 Device as a Portable USB Drive
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With the new Microsoft Windows Phone 7 platform the possibility of having access to the file system on your device has disappeared compared to the Older Windows Phones. However with a couple simple registry edits you are able to have access again to the file system on your Windows Phone 7 , just like an USB drive.
As mentioned above it takes just a few steps in the Registry of your computer to make your Windows Phone device visible as one of the drives in “My Computer” If you are not familiar with the Registry Editor I will warn you that caution is needed and you might not want to try this.
Steps to activate the USB mode of your Windows Phone 7 device.
•Open Windows Registry Editor by typing regedit in your start menu
•Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEM
•Then go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetEnumUSB (and not the other ControlSet01 or 02 if you have them) and then search for ZuneDriver using the Edit-> Find in the top menu bar
•One of the folders you will find close by is named VID_045E&PID_04EC&MI_00
•The sub folder under one or two below are your possible devices. In my case there are 2 devices.
•Change ShowInShell from 0 to 1<- this enable Windows Explorer to show the device when pluged in
•Change PortableDeviceNameSpaceExcludeFromShell from 1 to 0
•Change EnableLegacySupport from 0 to 1 <- this enables Windows Explorer to detect the device.
•You can repeat these steps for your other sub-folders under VID_045E&PID_04EC&MI_00 if you have more devices.
Now you just connect your Windows Phone 7 device to your desktop. Your Zune software will automatically, let it sync. Once it is done close your Zune Desktop application and now you will be able to see and browse your device as a drive in “My Computer”
If you have any questions ask or send me a PM.1Registry Edit Attachment
Let me know if this is working for anyone.
The registry file attached would have to add an additional device.
In theory it should work.
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