On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 23:01:56 +0000 (UTC), Jonas Schneider
wrote:

Thanks for that advice as I do have ES File Explorer,
When I googled, this article seems to explain how to use ES File Explorer
to connect to network shares (whatever that means in English).
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/fiv...twork-storage/
Five Android apps to help you connect to network storage

Even though that article "says" ES File Explorer can connect to SMB
networks shares, it's not obvious how to do that.

On Windows, which is on the same network as my Android phone, I created
C:\tmp\smb and then shared that directory as "smb" which was easy enough to
do.

Then on Android I started ES File Explorer and then hit the top left
hamburger menu and then expanded "Network" which had a "network"
subheading.

In that Network subheading were four options:
a. LAN
b. FTP
c. Android TV
d. Search Result

You can't click on any of those lines so I hit the big blue "Scan" button
on the bottom. It says "Loading" and "scanning" for a really long time
(minutes) with only a "Cancel" and "Hide" button.

After a super long time for something so simple, up popped under "Search
Results" 3 different folders saying "SFTP" on them and an IP address below
them, for just three of my many Access Points, which is pretty much
useless.

So if there is a way for ES File Explorer to attach to a SMB share on a
WinXP computer on the same network, it's not obvious how to do that, and
even so, it's slow as can possibly be which makes what was already useless
even more so.