ActiveSync Explore

I have WM 6.1 (Treo Pro/Sprint) and XP.

I connect with activesync and explore. I can see the folders and contents
but search does not return any finds, even when I can see them on the
screen.

Also, thumbnails for jpgs don't work.

Is there a way to make it look like a cheap USB drive instead of a fancy
phone?

Is the Vista method better for this?

Some devices will allow you to make them look like a USB storage device,
while others will not. There's no way to fake that; the device knows how
and gives you some method to configure it to be an ActiveSync device or a
storage device, or it doesn't. No, Vista would be no different. The file
lists and stuff that you see in that window are, of course, just a
representation of what's actually on the device. Windows XP isn't actually
reviewing the filesystem on the device; it's accessing it as a result of a
plug-in associated with ActiveSync.

Depending on what sort of device you have, it may have a program that has
searching built into it on the device. If you tell us what you're trying to
do, there might be one or more suggestions about how to do it better,
assuming your device can't be made to look like a storage device.

Paul T.

"jss" <> wrote in message
news:%...
>I have WM 6.1 (Treo Pro/Sprint) and XP.
>
> I connect with activesync and explore. I can see the folders and contents
> but search does not return any finds, even when I can see them on the
> screen.
>
> Also, thumbnails for jpgs don't work.
>
> Is there a way to make it look like a cheap USB drive instead of a fancy
> phone?
>
> Is the Vista method better for this?
>

I was trying to find some lost pictures and then to see thumbnails.

Search could not find anything, instantly returning "no matches found", even
if there were jpg's showing in the displayed folder.. This "explore" is more
like "browse".


"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT
com> wrote in message news:...
> Some devices will allow you to make them look like a USB storage device,
> while others will not. There's no way to fake that; the device knows how
> and gives you some method to configure it to be an ActiveSync device or a
> storage device, or it doesn't. No, Vista would be no different. The file
> lists and stuff that you see in that window are, of course, just a
> representation of what's actually on the device. Windows XP isn't
> actually reviewing the filesystem on the device; it's accessing it as a
> result of a plug-in associated with ActiveSync.
>
> Depending on what sort of device you have, it may have a program that has
> searching built into it on the device. If you tell us what you're trying
> to do, there might be one or more suggestions about how to do it better,
> assuming your device can't be made to look like a storage device.
>
> Paul T.
>
> "jss" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>>I have WM 6.1 (Treo Pro/Sprint) and XP.
>>
>> I connect with activesync and explore. I can see the folders and contents
>> but search does not return any finds, even when I can see them on the
>> screen.
>>
>> Also, thumbnails for jpgs don't work.
>>
>> Is there a way to make it look like a cheap USB drive instead of a fancy
>> phone?
>>
>> Is the Vista method better for this?
>>
>
>

Unless the device can be used as a real storage device, your best bet is to
use a utility running on the device that will browse pictures. I can't
point you to something immediately; the ordinary picture viewer in WM5 works
OK for me.

Paul T.

"jss" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I was trying to find some lost pictures and then to see thumbnails.
>
> Search could not find anything, instantly returning "no matches found",
> even if there were jpg's showing in the displayed folder.. This "explore"
> is more like "browse".
>
>
> "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space tobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT
> com> wrote in message news:...
>> Some devices will allow you to make them look like a USB storage device,
>> while others will not. There's no way to fake that; the device knows how
>> and gives you some method to configure it to be an ActiveSync device or a
>> storage device, or it doesn't. No, Vista would be no different. The
>> file lists and stuff that you see in that window are, of course, just a
>> representation of what's actually on the device. Windows XP isn't
>> actually reviewing the filesystem on the device; it's accessing it as a
>> result of a plug-in associated with ActiveSync.
>>
>> Depending on what sort of device you have, it may have a program that has
>> searching built into it on the device. If you tell us what you're trying
>> to do, there might be one or more suggestions about how to do it better,
>> assuming your device can't be made to look like a storage device.
>>
>> Paul T.
>>
>> "jss" <> wrote in message
>> news:%...
>>>I have WM 6.1 (Treo Pro/Sprint) and XP.
>>>
>>> I connect with activesync and explore. I can see the folders and
>>> contents but search does not return any finds, even when I can see them
>>> on the screen.
>>>
>>> Also, thumbnails for jpgs don't work.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to make it look like a cheap USB drive instead of a fancy
>>> phone?
>>>
>>> Is the Vista method better for this?
>>>
>>
>>
>
>