On Sat, 13 Oct 2018 20:42:04 -0500, Char Jackson wrote:

That's possibly true in your world. Not so much out here where everyone
else lives.

I didn't see Char Jackson's post, until now, as this morning I turned off
my filters for another reason, where I've _never_ seen Char Jackson _ever_
answer a technical question when I didn't have him filtered out.

Hence, it's kind of funny that Char Jackson says I don't supply details,
when Char Jackson has _never_ once answered a single technical question.

*All Char Jackson _can_ do, is troll.*

Nonetheless, I have something to report on FTPUse for Frank Slootweg.
Here's a snippet from my log file on FTPuse, for the record...

The Android FTP server (v 1.32) I used was set up in its default mode:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.theolivetree.ftpserver
o Network interface
(o)WiFi
(_)Ethernet
(_)Mobile network
(_)Bluetooth PAN
(_)Loopback (127.0.0.1)
(_)All
o Port = 2221
o Passive Ports = 2300-2399
o Anonymous user = [x]
o User name = francis
o User password = francis
o Home directory
(_)Root (/)
(o)SdCard
(_)DCIM
(_)Custom folder
(_)Ext. SdCard
o Read only = [_]
o Show hidden files = [_]
o Energy save mode = [_]
o High priority service = [x]
o Show server details = [x]

The FPTUse command I used on a Windows 10 Admin window was (verbatim):
ftpuse X: 192.168.1.7 francis /USER:francis /PORT:2221 /debug
ftpuse X: 192.168.1.7 francis /USER:francis /PORT:2221 /nopassive /debug

Reboot 1: Most of the time FTPuse simply fails:
o http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=5451129dir022.jpg
Reboot 2: But once in a great while it actually appears to work ... but ...
even then, _nothing_ shows up as a drive letter as a result.
o http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=4121239dir021.jpg
Reboot 3: And even then, FTPuse fails the next time:
o http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=8726712dir023.jpg

I've mostly lost my patience with FTPUse, because
o I already have plenty of freeware FTP-mounting solutions that work
o All I ever cared about, for FTPUse, was that it works for _others_

I don't usually deal with firewalls, where I turned off Windows Defender
(at least I think I did) for these experiments, but again, this isn't for
me so it really doesn't matter because if I can't do it out of the box,
neither will others be able to, which is the whole point, let's not forget.
Start Settings Update and security Windows security
Firewall and network protection (everything is turned off)
http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=9234464dir024.jjpg.jpg

I'm sure FTPuse works for others, which is all that matters to me.

Since FTPUse seems to be flaky for me, my tentative conclusion is:
o Don't use FTPUse if you already have another solution that works

But this FTPUse talk is relatively useless because
o FTPUse isn't the real problem here anyway
o The real problem is that we don't have freeware to mount over USB

These are the only two problems I care about to solve for this thread:
o How to run any Windows command on Android over USB using _freeware_
o Freeware to mount Android as a drive letter over WiFi using SMB