Is there an free app that will change settings for /Pictures/Screenshots to the external SD Card?

Arlen Holder

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I just want the _simplest_ free solution that will save Screenshots
directly to the external SD Card in the /sdcard1/data1/pic/screenshot/
directory.

I know of these types of "workarounds", but that's not what I am asking:
o *Workaround 1*: A free file redirector
For example, this was my favorite freeware until it died:
Redirect File Organizer by Xavier Tobin (redirects many folders for free)
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tobino.redirectsfree>
<https://redirect-file-organizer.droidinformer.org/>
o *Workaround 2*: A free replacement screenshot tool
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.enlightment.screenshot>

Do you know of a non-root way to change the actual settings for the default
location of the default Screenshot functionality on Android Nougat 7.0
(mine is the $130 64GB LG Stylo 3 Plus)?

Diesel

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Oct 27, 2018, 1:39:49 AM10/27/18

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Arlen Holder <a%rlenh...@no.spam.net>
news:pr0bh9$7do$1...@news.mixmin.net Sat, 27 Oct 2018 00:29:30 GMT in

alt.comp.freeware, wrote:

> I just want the _simplest_ free solution that will save
> Screenshots directly to the external SD Card in the
> /sdcard1/data1/pic/screenshot/ directory.

https://automatic-file-mover-free.droidinformer.org/

Probably one of the easiest to use. Just configure the filters to look
for the file format your screenshots (png/jpg/gif/whatever) are saved
in and where you want them to go. When it sees them (it runs in the
background) it'll move them for you.

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Oct 28, 2018, 9:47:49 AM10/28/18

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Diesel <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> Arlen Holder <a%rlenh...@no.spam.net>
> news:pr0bh9$7do$1...@news.mixmin.net Sat, 27 Oct 2018 00:29:30 GMT in
> alt.comp.freeware, wrote:
>
> > I just want the _simplest_ free solution that will save
> > Screenshots directly to the external SD Card in the
> > /sdcard1/data1/pic/screenshot/ directory.
>
> https://automatic-file-mover-free.droidinformer.org/
>
> Probably one of the easiest to use. Just configure the filters to look
> for the file format your screenshots (png/jpg/gif/whatever) are saved
> in and where you want them to go. When it sees them (it runs in the
> background) it'll move them for you.

What would be even easier is if he could bother to configure his
device correctly in the first place.

I had given him a clue-by-four pointer on how to do this and then he
again got aggro for no reason whatsoever, so I just kept given him
pointers to the clue-by-four. Instead of just following the pointers and
hence solve his problem, he kept the aggro going.

So now he's back with his OP in this thread and still none the wiser.

I can't be specific about the solution without giving him yet another
clue which he doesn't deserve. So instead I'll give a pointer to the
pointer to the clue-by-four:

<news:ppq78v...@ID-201911.user.individual.net>

Arlen Holder

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Oct 28, 2018, 12:47:08 PM10/28/18

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On 28 Oct 2018 13:47:47 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:

> What would be even easier is if he could bother to configure his
> device correctly in the first place.

Hi Frank Slootweg,
If you mean "me" by "he", what on earth are you talking about?

This question can only be answered by very intelligent people, Frank.
That means only 1 out of about 1,000 people _can_ answer this question.

That's why I ask.
I'm trying to reach that 1 person out of 1,000 who _knows_ the answer.

That's how we move this tribal knowledge forward, Frank.
One golden technical nugget at a time.

Since I am of at least average intelligence, I comprehend quite clearly
where Screenshots are put, by default, on an Android device, even one that
has an external SD card (where, in my case, that card can hold orders of
magnitude more data than can the internal memory).

Since I am of at least average intelligence, I comprehend that
o Android stores Screenshots in the internal memory (under "Pictures").
o Android does NOT store Screenshots on the external SD card, by default.

What part of _that_ understanding are you implying I don't comprehend?

> I had given him a clue-by-four pointer on how to do this and then he
> again got aggro for no reason whatsoever, so I just kept given him
> pointers to the clue-by-four. Instead of just following the pointers and
> hence solve his problem, he kept the aggro going.

Hi Frank Slootweg,
Being of average intelligence, I comprehend your words, but being of
average intelligence, I don't _see_ anything in your words which will allow
the user to change an Android setting, that will store just the Screenshots
on the SD card.

Are you implying that you've told me where those missing settings lie?
If so, tell me again so that _everyone_ benefits (not just me).

The point is that you may hate me because I speak facts, but you have to
admit that this problem I will solve will then apply to _anyone_ who wants
to store their Screenshots on the external SD card.

And that's always the underlying goal - to help everyone in every thread.

> So now he's back with his OP in this thread and still none the wiser.

Hi Frank Slootweg,
As I've said, I'm of average intelligence and hence there is nothing you or
anyone on this newsgroup can say that I don't understand.

Meanwhile, there is a _lot_ that I say, that a _lot_ of people clearly
don't understand. Case in point, Diesel responded to my post with exactly
the answer I asked people _not_ to respoond with, since we all know
o That you can *move* the Screenshots after the fact (duh), and,
o that Screenshot addons exist that store Screenshots where you want them

Since those two workarounds _always_ existed, this question asked people to
not respond to those two workarounds.

Only an intelligent person will have the answer to my question, Frank.
You imply you're intelligent - but yet - I see no answers.

If you've already provided that answer, as you clearly imply, then I wager
there isn't a _single_ person on this newsgroup who can _point_ to that
answer (other than perhaps you).

I doubt, though, that even you can point to the answer to this question:
Q: How do we set the default Screenshot program to store Screenshots in
/sdcard1/mydata/pic/screenshot/.

If you know the answer to _that_ question, then you're intelligent, Frank.

> I can't be specific about the solution without giving him yet another
> clue which he doesn't deserve. So instead I'll give a pointer to the
> pointer to the clue-by-four:

Any person of at least average intelligence can comprehend the question:
Q: How do we set the default Screenshot program to store Screenshots in
/sdcard1/mydata/pic/screenshot/.

If you know the answer to _that_ question, then you're intelligent, Frank.

If you don't know the answer to that question, then you're no smarter than
I am, since I _will_ solve the problem, one way or another (particularly
since the two well known workarounds have always existed).

This question isn't about the workarounds, Frank.
This question is not as easy as ignorant people like Diesel think it is.

This question can only be answered by very intelligent people, Frank.
That means only 1 out of about 1,000 people _can_ answer this question.

That's why I ask.
I'm trying to reach that 1 person out of 1,000 who _knows_ the answer.

That's how we move this tribal knowledge forward, Frank.
One golden technical nugget at a time.

Frank Slootweg

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Arlen Holder <a%rlenh...@no.spam.net> wrote:
[...]

> This question can only be answered by very intelligent people, Frank.

Nope. It only needs one to be somewhat non-stupid.

> That means only 1 out of about 1,000 people _can_ answer this question.

Nope. Probably closer to 1 in 10, if that low.

[...]

> > I had given him a clue-by-four pointer on how to do this and then he
> > again got aggro for no reason whatsoever, so I just kept given him
> > pointers to the clue-by-four. Instead of just following the pointers and
> > hence solve his problem, he kept the aggro going.
>
> Hi Frank Slootweg,
> Being of average intelligence, I comprehend your words, but being of
> average intelligence, I don't _see_ anything in your words which will allow
> the user to change an Android setting, that will store just the Screenshots
> on the SD card.

So apparently your intelligence isn't average.

N.B. OTOH, your wording can be read as confirmation that you indeed
are just a troll.

> Are you implying that you've told me where those missing settings lie?

Yes.

> If so, tell me again so that _everyone_ benefits (not just me).

Nope. As I said in my response to Diesel, I won't give you another
clue.

And don't worry about '_everyone_'. Others don't have your problems
(reading, comprehension and otherwise).

[...]

> > So now he's back with his OP in this thread and still none the wiser.
>
> Hi Frank Slootweg,
> As I've said, I'm of average intelligence and hence there is nothing you or
> anyone on this newsgroup can say that I don't understand.

Sure we can, for the simple reason that you don't understand most, if
anything at all.

[...]

> Only an intelligent person will have the answer to my question, Frank.
> You imply you're intelligent - but yet - I see no answers.

I don't imply anything. And that you see no answers is because you're
unable/unwilling to follow pointers, clue-by-fours, etc..

[...]

> I doubt, though, that even you can point to the answer to this question:
> Q: How do we set the default Screenshot program to store Screenshots in
> /sdcard1/mydata/pic/screenshot/.
>
> If you know the answer to _that_ question, then you're intelligent, Frank.

You're asking the wrong question. But I've already given the answer to
the implied question. You chose not to see it. The 'intelligence' here
is not being close-minded and not limiting the solution by including
unneeded and unwanted restrictions in the question.

> > I can't be specific about the solution without giving him yet another
> > clue which he doesn't deserve. So instead I'll give a pointer to the
> > pointer to the clue-by-four:

And *what* followed that colon!?

Arlen Holder

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On 29 Oct 2018 16:02:13 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:

> I won't give you another clue.

Hi Frank Slootweg,

The question is:
o How does one change settings for the default Sreenshot location?

We're different Frank - like intelligence & stupidity are different, Frank.
o I can admit that I don't know the answer to the technical question.
o You can't admit that you don't know the answer to the question.

Big difference!
o The fact is that you don't know the answer to the question.
o That's OK. Only 1 out of 1,000 people know the answer to the question.

What's not OK is that you waste everyone's time with your non answer.
o I don't fear silence. Nobody forced you to post your worthless drivel.
o Fact is: It's OK for a hard question to not have an easy answer.

> And don't worry about '_everyone_'. Others don't have your problems
> (reading, comprehension and otherwise).

You're _dead wrong_ Frank Slootweg, and that is easy to prove.
Facts are funny that way.

Search for the question on the net and you'll find it asked many times.
<https://duckduckgo.com/?q=android+save+screenshots+external+sdcard>

There's no good answer yet that I can find, which is why...
o I _will_ solve this problem (if it's possible to solve), and,
o That solution will benefit all the people who want the solution

You think asking hard questions is "trolling", Frank Slootweg.
You have no comprehension of how to solve hard problems, Frank Slootweg.

o That's why _you_ didn't come up with FTPuse on your own, Frank.
o That's why _you_ didn't come up with WebDav "net use" Frank.
o That's why _you_ didn't come up with write access to iOS, Frank.
etc.

Fact is, Frank, I've solved a lot of difficult problems, using this
approach:
o Search the net for existing solutions
o Test the most reasonable of those existing solutions
o If that fails, find the 1 person out of 1,000 who knows the answer

In two cases in your entire life, Frank, you were that 1 person
o You found the site for http://tinyurl.com/alt-comp-os-windows-10
o You suggested the older NetDrive as a freeware FTP-mount solution

In this case, you _claim_ a solution, but the solution never shows up.
That's trolling, Frank.

Clear and simple.
o I ask a valid question - which you call trolling.
o You - like Diesel - _claim_ genius - but - that genius never appears!

You're a child, Frank.
o You don't know the answer to the question
o You call the question a troll (even though it's a common question)
o Nobody yet knows the answer to the question (the solution isn't obvious)

And yet, Frank Slootweg, you fill this thread with your childish nonsense.
If that's not trolling, Frank, then nothing else will be.

The question remains, where there is no need to answer if your post is
o Purposefully unhelpful
o And filled with made-up claims of knowledge that you clearly do not have

The question remains:
o How does one change settings for the default Sreenshot location?

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On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:05:54 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder
<a%rlenh...@no.spam.net> wrote:

>The question is:
>o How does one change settings for the default Sreenshot location?

Can't you just change the default directory to a symlink?

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Arlen Holder <a%rlenh...@no.spam.net> wrote:
> On 29 Oct 2018 16:02:13 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>
> > I won't give you another clue.
>
> Hi Frank Slootweg,
>
> The question is:
> o How does one change settings for the default Sreenshot location?

I answered that one, *before* (that's *another* clue-by-four) you
asked it.

> We're different Frank - like intelligence & stupidity are different, Frank.
> o I can admit that I don't know the answer to the technical question.
> o You can't admit that you don't know the answer to the question.

Indeed I *cannot* 'admit' it, because I *do* know the answer and gave
it.

> Big difference!
> o The fact is that you don't know the answer to the question.

The *fact* is that I *do* know the answer, I *gave* you the answer,
but you're just too stupid/stubborn to follow pointers.

[...]

> > And don't worry about '_everyone_'. Others don't have your problems
> > (reading, comprehension and otherwise).
>
> You're _dead wrong_ Frank Slootweg, and that is easy to prove.
> Facts are funny that way.
>
> Search for the question on the net and you'll find it asked many times.
> <https://duckduckgo.com/?q=android+save+screenshots+external+sdcard>

Do all these people have your reading, comprehension and other
problems? No wonder they ask questions.

> There's no good answer yet that I can find, which is why...
> o I _will_ solve this problem (if it's possible to solve), and,
> o That solution will benefit all the people who want the solution
>
> You think asking hard questions is "trolling", Frank Slootweg.

Nope, *you* *think* it's a hard question, but it's actually a trivial
one.

> You have no comprehension of how to solve hard problems, Frank Slootweg.

Sure, that must be why they paid me the big bucks to do exactly that!

> o That's why _you_ didn't come up with FTPuse on your own, Frank.

I didn't need it, so I wasn't looking for it. I'm funny that way. I
don't look for solutions to problems I don't have.

> o That's why _you_ didn't come up with WebDav "net use" Frank.

False. I already used WebDAV over one and a half year ago. But - for
me - it offered no advantage over FTPUSE, so I abandoned it. The 'net
use' angle was just interest. Again, I don't look for solutions to
problems I don't have.

> o That's why _you_ didn't come up with write access to iOS, Frank.

Could that be, because I don't have an iOS device and don't need
access to one?

> etc.

You got me there! I indeed have major problems with "etc.".

[...]

> In this case, you _claim_ a solution, but the solution never shows up.

Several times I pointed to the solution. In my previous response I
pointed again to my earlier pointer which you - intentionally no doubt -
silently snipped.

> That's trolling, Frank.
>
> Clear and simple.

Nope. What *is* trolling is you not following pointers to posted
solutions and intentionally silently snipping said pointers. THAT is
trolling.

> o I ask a valid question - which you call trolling.

Nope. Your question was not trolling. What was and is trolling is you
not following pointers.

> o You - like Diesel - _claim_ genius - but - that genius never appears!

Oh deary! Yet another of your lies. I never claimed genius and - when
asked for - you never delivered proof of me saying anything like that.

But, I guess that's what lying liars do, they lie.

[...]

> o Nobody yet knows the answer to the question (the solution isn't obvious)

False. Many - maybe even most - people know the answer and the
solution is rather obvious.

[...]

> The question remains:
> o How does one change settings for the default Sreenshot location?

Hmmm! That one is funny! In that sentence you gave the answer to your
question. But you're too closed-minded to think of any other meaning/
parsing of that sentence, because you're too hung up on what you think
the solution shouls be/look_like.

Anyway, let's see how long you'll continue this moronic game of yours:

Here is an even more direct clue-by-four pointer:

<news:ppdc5k...@ID-201911.user.individual.net>

And let's establish some rules which you're not allowed to violate:

- When responding, you will not snip - especially not silently - any of
my text.
Reason for this is that you falsify the context of the discussion by
snipping relevant material, arguments, etc..

- You will follow given pointers and will report what you found and
didn't find.

- You will tell whether you do or don't know what a 'news:' URL is and
how to retrieve the target's content.

[Sounds of audience not holding their breath.]

Arlen Holder

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On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:29:24 +0000, p-0''0-h the cat (coder) wrote:

> Can't you just change the default directory to a symlink?

Thank you for that purposefully helpful response to the technical question.

A symlink seems to be a reasonable workaround - if it works non root.
o I had previously use file redirectors - but they're a PITA.
o I tested complete screenshot freeware apps - but that's overkill

A symlink seems like a reasonable compromise between the two approaches!
Searching for how to make a symlink on Android without being root...
<https://duckduckgo.com/?q=nonroot+make+android+symlink>
==========
1st hit: Any Way to Get Symbolic Link on Non Rooted Device? (2014)
<https://androidforums.com/threads/any-way-to-get-symbolic-link-on-non-rooted-device.819959/>
Interestingly, that person asked for a solution to a problem that we
worked around just last week with MTPDrive crippleware (we never did find
USB-mounting freeware though).

The result of that 2014 thread is that the "short answer is no".
==========
2nd hit: Is possible to make symbolic links in the android filesystem? (and how?)
<https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/4044/is-possible-to-make-symbolic-links-in-the-android-filesystem-and-how#4056>

That was last active in March 2017, where it seems that this would work,
but only if the phone is rooted.
==========
3rd hit: Not possible to create a symlink in /mnt/sdcard?
<https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1442729>
Says the system has to be rooted, and the external sdcard mounted
read/write.
==========
4th hit: Symbolic Link to SDCard possible?
<http://www.jollatides.com/forums/discussion/153/symbolic-link-to-sdcard-possible/p1>
That talks about something called "Sailfish" and sends us to
<http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=92449>
But it seems to require root.
==========
5th hit: File manager that can create symbolic (soft) links?
<https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1083308>

==========
Nonetheless, just to try, I ran, quickly, using Terminal Emulator:
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm>
$ ln -s /root/sdcard/Pictures/Screenshots /storage/XXXX-1234/1data/pic/screenshot
Permission denied <http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=4057508ln-s_01.jpg>

In short, there are two issues that would need to be overcome for symbolic
links to work to the external sd card (AFAIK):
o Mounting the external sd card read/write, and,
o Creating symbolic links without being root

Arlen Holder

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On 29 Oct 2018 18:17:25 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:

> I *do* know the answer and gave it.

Hi Frank Slootweg,

You're wasting everyone's time, Frank, with your silly childish games.

I realize you love to play silly childish games, so I repeat the question:

o How does one change settings for the default Sreenshot location?

You can allude to non-existing answers all you want, Frank, but that
doesn't change the fact that you don't know the answer to the question.
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/comp.mobile.android/gmI-kNbakmA/zCT4gBh3AwAJ>
[Message-ID: <ppdc5k...@ID-201911.user.individual.net>]

As I've said, it's not an easy question to answer, Frank, so it's OK that
you don't know the answer.

What's not ok Frank, is to allude to non-existing answers, which just
wastes _everone's_ time, Frank.

Either answer the question, or stop playing your childish silly games.

Frank Slootweg

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[FTM, I'll let it slide that you violated all the rules, which I said
you were not allowed to violate.]

Arlen Holder <a%rlenh...@no.spam.net> wrote:
> On 29 Oct 2018 18:17:25 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:
>
> > I *do* know the answer and gave it.
>
> Hi Frank Slootweg,
>
> You're wasting everyone's time, Frank, with your silly childish games.

Repeatedly telling you to follow given pointers is anything *but* a
game.

> I realize you love to play silly childish games, so I repeat the question:

You can't 'realize' something which doesn't exist.

> o How does one change settings for the default Sreenshot location?

When you change *one* word in that sentence, you know the answer.

More clue-by-fours to make it even easier:

- Delete three (in sequence) words.

- Leave off the question mark.

- The first letter of the word to be changed is already correct.

> You can allude to non-existing answers all you want, Frank, but that
> doesn't change the fact that you don't know the answer to the question.

Why do you keep stamping your tiny feet like a two-year old!? You're
always blabbering about 'facts', so why do you deny them!?

So once more: Earth to Brainiac: The answer exists and was given by
me, hence I do know the answer to the question.

Now how about you?

> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/comp.mobile.android/gmI-kNbakmA/zCT4gBh3AwAJ>

Why do you turn a standard conforming News URL into some now-general
Google Groups garbage?

Do you think that, because you - apparently - do not know how to use
your newsreader, others have the same problem?

> [Message-ID: <ppdc5k...@ID-201911.user.individual.net>]

Well, at least you finally found the article which I pointed you to
umpteen times.

Now *read* it, and - try to - *comprehend* it. Shouldn't be too hard
with your excellent education, intelligence and brilliance, should it!?

> As I've said, it's not an easy question to answer, Frank, so it's OK that
> you don't know the answer.

[Repeat:]

Why do you keep stamping your tiny feet like a two-year old!? You're
always blabbering about 'facts', so why do you deny them!?

> What's not ok Frank, is to allude to non-existing answers, which just
> wastes _everone's_ time, Frank.

[Repeat:]

Why do you keep stamping your tiny feet like a two-year old!? You're
always blabbering about 'facts', so why do you deny them!?

As to "wastes _everone's_ time": There *is* no "everyone". There's
just you who's wasting time, by creating a 'new' problem from an already
solved similar one.

> Either answer the question, or stop playing your childish silly games.

I *have., in:

> > <news:ppdc5k...@ID-201911.user.individual.net>

Arlen Holder

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On 29 Oct 2018 21:00:38 GMT, in comp.mobile.android,alt.comp.freeware you
wrote:

> - Delete three (in sequence) words.
> - Leave off the question mark.
> - The first letter of the word to be changed is already correct.

Hi Frank Slootweg,

The question in this thread is:
o Is there an app that changes the default Android Screenshot settings
such that screenshots will go in a given folder on the external sdcard?

Clearly, _nobody_ yet, who has posted, knows the answer to that question.
All the silly games you insist on playing, Frank, don't change that fact.

I don't know what is wrong with you, Frank, that you have to post to a
thread that asks a simple question, where you don't have a clue as to the
answer to that simple question - and yet - you feel the need to post
drivel.

It's OK if I ask a hard question that has no easy answer & the thread is
empty. I don't fear silence, Frank.

I'm trying to reach the 1 person out of 1,000 who knows Android well enough
to answer that question Frank - where that person clearly isn't you Frank.

It's OK for a thread to ask a question that nobody has the answer to.
I'll figure it out eventually. With or without help from people here.

Lest folks be confused, the question asked in this thread is simply:
o Is there an app that changes the default Android Screenshot settings
such that screenshots will go in a given folder on the external sdcard?

Diesel

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news:pr4p6a$2ev$1...@news.mixmin.net Sun, 28 Oct 2018 16:47:07 GMT in

comp.mobile.android, wrote:

> Meanwhile, there is a _lot_ that I say, that a _lot_ of people
> clearly don't understand. Case in point, Diesel responded to my
> post with exactly the answer I asked people _not_ to respoond
> with, since we all know o That you can *move* the Screenshots
> after the fact (duh), and, o that Screenshot addons exist that
> store Screenshots where you want them

Excuse me?

You asked the following, verbatim:

MID: <pr0bh9$7do$1...@news.mixmin.net>

I just want the _simplest_ free solution that will save Screenshots
directly to the external SD Card in the
/sdcard1/data1/pic/screenshot/
directory.

And you specifically didn't want this:

I know of these types of "workarounds", but that's not what I am
asking:
o *Workaround 1*: A free file redirector
For example, this was my favorite freeware until it died:
Redirect File Organizer by Xavier Tobin (redirects many folders for
free)
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=com.tobino.redirectsfree>
<https://redirect-file-organizer.droidinformer.org/>
o *Workaround 2*: A free replacement screenshot tool
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?
id=com.enlightment.screenshot>

I didn't offer you a replacement screenshot program OR a file
redirector. I provided you something that's free, that's easy as fuck
all to use, that WILL DO what you asked for. And this is the thanks I
get for taking the time? Well, er, fuck you then...

> Since those two workarounds _always_ existed, this question asked
> people to not respond to those two workarounds.

I didn't respond to those two workarounds, shit for brains. I
provided you a 3rd 'work around'. MOVE THE FUCKING FILE where you
want it. Simple enough. Automated even.

> Only an intelligent person will have the answer to my question,
> Frank. You imply you're intelligent - but yet - I see no answers.

Only a dumbass would misidentify what I offered you as either a file
redirector OR another screenshot saving program. What I suggested IS
NEITHER of the two (and only two?) workarounds you knew of.

Unless you've fucked your terminology again and what you're calling a
file 'redirector' is a file copy/moving app, like the one I
suggested? That's about the only way I can see you claim that I
offered you something you specifically didn't want....?

> If you've already provided that answer, as you clearly imply, then
> I wager there isn't a _single_ person on this newsgroup who can
> _point_ to that answer (other than perhaps you).
>
> I doubt, though, that even you can point to the answer to this
> question: Q: How do we set the default Screenshot program to store
> Screenshots in
> /sdcard1/mydata/pic/screenshot/.

Has that reverse psy nonsense ever worked for you? I just can't see
it working on anyone I know.

> This question isn't about the workarounds, Frank.
> This question is not as easy as ignorant people like Diesel think
> it is.

Again with the choice pet names. And you wonder why I consider you to
be an asshat...

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"p-0''0-h the cat (coder)" <super...@fluffyunderbelly.invalid>
news:jngetdt5mgfgcd4hn...@4ax.com Mon, 29 Oct 2018

17:29:24 GMT in comp.mobile.android, wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:05:54 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder
> <a%rlenh...@no.spam.net> wrote:
>
>>The question is:
>>o How does one change settings for the default Sreenshot location?
>
> Can't you just change the default directory to a symlink?

No, he can't. [g] Got any more brilliant Gems about Android you want
to share with us? hehehehe.

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fin.

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Frank Slootweg <th...@ddress.is.invalid>
news:pr4i4r...@ID-201911.user.individual.net Sun, 28 Oct 2018

13:47:47 GMT in alt.comp.freeware, wrote:

> Diesel <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>> Arlen Holder <a%rlenh...@no.spam.net>
>> news:pr0bh9$7do$1...@news.mixmin.net Sat, 27 Oct 2018 00:29:30 GMT
>> in alt.comp.freeware, wrote:
>>
>> > I just want the _simplest_ free solution that will save
>> > Screenshots directly to the external SD Card in the
>> > /sdcard1/data1/pic/screenshot/ directory.
>>
>> https://automatic-file-mover-free.droidinformer.org/
>>
>> Probably one of the easiest to use. Just configure the filters to
>> look for the file format your screenshots (png/jpg/gif/whatever)
>> are saved in and where you want them to go. When it sees them (it
>> runs in the background) it'll move them for you.
>
> What would be even easier is if he could bother to configure his
> device correctly in the first place.

Fair enough. Assuming it's an option or choice he actually has. He
can't seem to be arsed enough to look.

> So now he's back with his OP in this thread and still none the
> wiser.

That's to be expected.

> I can't be specific about the solution without giving him yet
> another clue which he doesn't deserve.

I'm in the same boat myself. Why should I help someone who wants to
call me cute pet (yet childish) names? :) Rather than just give them
the information they want, they can work for it. I did give Arlen the
choice of apologizing for their prior assinine comments towards me,
but, they made the choice not to do so. As a result, I opted not to
tell them step by step how to share their Android phones
internal/external memories as drive letters for his/her use using
nothing but freeware, with one option technically using software that
comes with windows, so that method isn't strictly speaking, freeware..
But, it is another way to do it.

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On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 05:51:28 -0000 (UTC), Diesel <m...@privacy.net> wrote:

>"p-0''0-h the cat (coder)" <super...@fluffyunderbelly.invalid>
>news:jngetdt5mgfgcd4hn...@4ax.com Mon, 29 Oct 2018
>17:29:24 GMT in comp.mobile.android, wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:05:54 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder
>> <a%rlenh...@no.spam.net> wrote:
>>
>>>The question is:
>>>o How does one change settings for the default Sreenshot location?
>>
>> Can't you just change the default directory to a symlink?
>
>No, he can't. [g]

No, you can't, but I can newbie.

>Got any more brilliant Gems about Android you want
>to share with us? hehehehe.

Diesel

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"p-0''0-h the cat (coder)" <super...@fluffyunderbelly.invalid>

news:kf5jtdt56llhn1sdf...@4ax.com Wed, 31 Oct 2018

11:47:18 GMT in alt.comp.freeware, wrote:

> On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 05:51:28 -0000 (UTC), Diesel <m...@privacy.net>
> wrote:
>
>>"p-0''0-h the cat (coder)" <super...@fluffyunderbelly.invalid>
>>news:jngetdt5mgfgcd4hn...@4ax.com Mon, 29 Oct 2018
>>17:29:24 GMT in comp.mobile.android, wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:05:54 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder
>>> <a%rlenh...@no.spam.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>The question is:
>>>>o How does one change settings for the default Sreenshot
>>>>location?
>>>
>>> Can't you just change the default directory to a symlink?
>>
>>No, he can't. [g]
>
> No, you can't, but I can newbie.

Simon says, unless you rooted your Android device, you're full of
shit. Which doesn't surprise me, mr 'net use only supports samba."
[g]

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On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 08:03:33 -0000 (UTC), Diesel <m...@privacy.net> wrote:

>"p-0''0-h the cat (coder)" <super...@fluffyunderbelly.invalid>
>news:kf5jtdt56llhn1sdf...@4ax.com Wed, 31 Oct 2018
>11:47:18 GMT in alt.comp.freeware, wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 05:51:28 -0000 (UTC), Diesel <m...@privacy.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>"p-0''0-h the cat (coder)" <super...@fluffyunderbelly.invalid>
>>>news:jngetdt5mgfgcd4hn...@4ax.com Mon, 29 Oct 2018
>>>17:29:24 GMT in comp.mobile.android, wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:05:54 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder
>>>> <a%rlenh...@no.spam.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>The question is:
>>>>>o How does one change settings for the default Sreenshot
>>>>>location?
>>>>
>>>> Can't you just change the default directory to a symlink?
>>>
>>>No, he can't. [g]
>>
>> No, you can't, but I can newbie.
>
>Simon says, unless you rooted your Android device, you're full of
>shit. Which doesn't surprise me, mr 'net use only supports samba."
>[g]

Translation: Dustin cannot do it.

Diesel

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"p-0''0-h the cat (coder)" <super...@fluffyunderbelly.invalid>

news:dacotd15vtbhgugm0...@4ax.com Fri, 02 Nov 2018

11:14:00 GMT in alt.comp.freeware, wrote:

> On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 08:03:33 -0000 (UTC), Diesel <m...@privacy.net>
> wrote:
>
>>"p-0''0-h the cat (coder)" <super...@fluffyunderbelly.invalid>
>>news:kf5jtdt56llhn1sdf...@4ax.com Wed, 31 Oct 2018
>>11:47:18 GMT in alt.comp.freeware, wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 05:51:28 -0000 (UTC), Diesel
>>> <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>"p-0''0-h the cat (coder)" <super...@fluffyunderbelly.invalid>
>>>>news:jngetdt5mgfgcd4hn...@4ax.com Mon, 29 Oct 2018
>>>>17:29:24 GMT in comp.mobile.android, wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:05:54 -0000 (UTC), Arlen Holder
>>>>> <a%rlenh...@no.spam.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>The question is:
>>>>>>o How does one change settings for the default Sreenshot
>>>>>>location?
>>>>>
>>>>> Can't you just change the default directory to a symlink?
>>>>
>>>>No, he can't. [g]
>>>
>>> No, you can't, but I can newbie.
>>
>>Simon says, unless you rooted your Android device, you're full of
>>shit. Which doesn't surprise me, mr 'net use only supports samba."
>>[g]
>
> Translation: Dustin cannot do it.

Okay, I'll bite. How did you create a symlink on your Android device
without it being rooted? Detail, step by step. Also include specific
Android device if at all possible and version of Android present on
the device. Here's your chance to shine and show me up, Pooh.

I'm well aware of the ability to create symlinks on my external
memory when it's outside of the phone itself, but, that isn't going
to solve the issue Arlen was posting about. Starting with Android 6,
it's possible (depending on device) to have the external memory card
treated as the phones own internal memory, but that requires taking
advantage of the encryption option.

Your question clearly implies that you don't know much/anything about
restrictions on Android devices that aren't rooted, but, I'm willing
to learn otherwise if this turns out being the case. I think you're
bullshitting, so I'm willing to risk it by asking you how to do it,
then. Without being rooted, how did you create a symlink on your
Android device internal memory to redirect the default location for
saved screenshots?

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So solly, can't be arsed. Been here too many times. I've got better
things to do than deal with your tantrums when you get your arse kicked
yet again.

>I'm well aware of the ability to create symlinks on my external
>memory when it's outside of the phone itself, but, that isn't going
>to solve the issue Arlen was posting about. Starting with Android 6,
>it's possible (depending on device) to have the external memory card
>treated as the phones own internal memory, but that requires taking
>advantage of the encryption option.
>
>Your question clearly implies that you don't know much/anything about
>restrictions on Android devices that aren't rooted, but, I'm willing
>to learn otherwise if this turns out being the case. I think you're
>bullshitting, so I'm willing to risk it by asking you how to do it,
>then. Without being rooted, how did you create a symlink on your
>Android device internal memory to redirect the default location for
>saved screenshots?

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On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 05:51:28 -0000 (UTC), Diesel wrote:

> Rather than just give them
> the information they want, they can work for it.

What's nice is that you're so thoughtful, which is much appreciated by all.

Diesel

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"p-0''0-h the cat (coder)" <super...@fluffyunderbelly.invalid>

news:2pjptdl44rvqob2t8...@4ax.com Fri, 02 Nov 2018

Been where too many times? 0wned by me? Yes, you have. You can't help
but step into piles of fresh dog shit I leave for you. Even if I tell
you exactly where I put it, and turn all the lights on so it can
clearly be seen, you still manage to step into it. Repeatedly. It's
so damn funny. What's funnier still though, is you actually think the
deflection routine still works! ROFL. You need a new trick, pooh.
You've slipped a few times this past October, and, that's not like
you. Are you under the weather? hehe.

You can't be arsed because what you suggested to Arlen at the time
you suggested it wasn't knowledge you had; otherwise you'd have known
he has to have a rooted device to make a symlink to point to the
default directory for the screenshot app. You cannot modify internal
memory as you damn well like, without root. Android isn't that
'open' and friendly, pooh.

You won't be kicking my arse concerning this symlink suggestion of
yours anytime soon. It's a well known fact (you can google it if
you'd prefer to ignore the urls Arlen already shared) that your
suggestion does not work on Android internal memory (which is where
you'd have to do it) without the device being rooted beforehand, and,
haha, the icing on the cake, not all Android devices can presently be
rooted.

You can still prove me, and many many others wrong by forking details
which can be independently verified to work, if you're feeling froggy
and wanna put me in my place? :-) I'm thinking you'll deflect from
this yet again, because you can't backup what you claimed.

C'mon now, as much as we don't get along and disagree all the time,
if you could demonstrate that I was full of shit, you already would
have. It's only when you clearly cannot dispute something I've
written with any facts (which is, lets face it, all the time in your
case) you opt for the deflection route; the same one you're taking
now. The same one you tried to take with the exevalid thread and got
called out on, quite nicely called out on. They went into specific
details pointing out various fuckups you made along with your efforts
to try and conceal them. Hence, the razzle and dazzle with bullshit
comment I wrote to you previously. It's what you do, best.

In case you forgot, this is what was specifically asked of you, Pooh:

Without being rooted, how did you create a symlink on your Android
device internal memory to redirect the default location for saved

screenshots? Again, I don't think you did. I think you assumed that
you could and that's why you suggested it to Arlen. You didn't expect
to find out that it's not allowed without being rooted beforehand.

Just like you assumed that net use only supported samba. Net use has
supported samba as well as WebDav since Windows XP. Infact, One of
the new features of Windows XP was the Web folders; which
demonstrated net use via WebDav, you just didn't see it for what it
was due to the GUI eye candy, because you've been bullshitting for
years (literally years) concerning your actual I.T knowledge and
experience. You foolishly assume your smartass replies and quips
serve as a useful distraction from your inability to backup what
you've posted when someone asks you to do so. <G> Only n00bs fall for
it. Arlen managed to demonstrate more knowledge on the subjects they
asked for help with than you were able to share, and, they aren't
even I.T. Hell, Arlen knew long before you did that net use worked
via WebDav, and you, being the asshat king of fuckwittery that you
think you are, attempted to correct him without so much as checking
it for yourself before hand. That was a fucking kodak and worthy of a
tagline moment if there ever was one. Yes, I've already added your
'net use only works via samba' comment with full MID as a tagline.
I'm just waiting in eager anticipation for it to be selected by the
tagline generator. ROFL!

I greatly thank Arlen for getting you to fuckup like that too; nearly
two decades supporting WebDav and it's fucking news to you, at the
end of 2018. Too fucking funny. Try bullshitting somebody else pooh,
your old news and ignorant as all fuck at this point to me, bro.

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news:priub8$3jv$1...@news.mixmin.net Sat, 03 Nov 2018 01:40:57 GMT in

Arlen, are you the paranoid enough so that you acquire a new IP address
frequently? I see you still haven't learned that your attitude isn't
going to get you the information you want. Alas. Some people do have to
learn things the hard way, and, clearly, you're one of those people...

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On Sat, 3 Nov 2018 02:00:35 -0000 (UTC), Diesel wrote:

> Arlen, are you the paranoid enough so that you acquire a new IP address
> frequently? I see you still haven't learned that your attitude isn't
> going to get you the information you want. Alas. Some people do have to
> learn things the hard way, and, clearly, you're one of those people...

Again, we all appreciate that you're so thoughtful of us all when you post.

As for my IP address, I don't know how many times I've said it, where
_everything_ in the header except the subject line, is random for privacy
reasons.

Given the algorithms, it's all in a dictionary lookup where I have no
direct control over anything in the header - I don't even know what the
header says, as it changes constantly via randomization algorithms (for
privacy reasons).

In the Q&A model of Usenet, the header is meaningless.
It's only in your meaningless chitchat Usenet model where headers start to
contain meaning (and even then, they never have much meaning anyway).

If you're trying to ascribe meaning to the non-subject-based headers, then
you're on a fool's errand, IMHO, as even I don't know what the headers are
at any given time.

Diesel

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Arlen_Holder <a%rle%20nh....@no.spam.net>
news:prj3in$bt0$1...@news.mixmin.net Sat, 03 Nov 2018 03:10:16 GMT in

alt.comp.freeware, wrote:

> On Sat, 3 Nov 2018 02:00:35 -0000 (UTC), Diesel wrote:
>
>> Arlen, are you the paranoid enough so that you acquire a new IP
>> address frequently? I see you still haven't learned that your
>> attitude isn't going to get you the information you want. Alas.
>> Some people do have to learn things the hard way, and, clearly,
>> you're one of those people...
>
> Again, we all appreciate that you're so thoughtful of us all when
> you post.

Do I detect a bit of a poor attempt at sarcasm, Arlen? Who's "us"?
exactly? You know, they have a medical term for that...

> As for my IP address, I don't know how many times I've said it,
> where _everything_ in the header except the subject line, is
> random for privacy reasons.

Alas, you don't have complete control over everything present in your
header by the time it's actually posted and propogated to usenet...
some addtional information is added via the servers.

> Given the algorithms, it's all in a dictionary lookup where I have
> no direct control over anything in the header - I don't even know
> what the header says, as it changes constantly via randomization
> algorithms (for privacy reasons).

It's easy enough to review by pulling an already published post..

> If you're trying to ascribe meaning to the non-subject-based
> headers, then you're on a fool's errand, IMHO, as even I don't
> know what the headers are at any given time.

As far as computers are concerned,

Arlen, the more I converse (if you want to call it that) with you,
the more I discover, you know far less than you think you do.

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On Sun, 4 Nov 2018 08:46:02 -0000 (UTC), Diesel wrote:

> Do I detect a bit of a poor attempt at sarcasm, Arlen? Who's "us"?
> exactly? You know, they have a medical term for that...

Hi Diesel,'

Thanks for your help on the problem set posed in this thread, where,
unfortunately, I agree that we learned nothing in this thread that answers
the question

Q: Is there a free Windows app that does what MTPDrive does?
A: Nobody knows of this functionality who has posted to date.

> Alas, you don't have complete control over everything present in your
> header by the time it's actually posted and propogated to usenet...
> some addtional information is added via the servers.

Thanks Diesel for that sage advice, where it seems nobody knows any more
than you or I do on the answer to the question posted in this thread

Q: Does a free MTPDrive-replacement functionality exist on Windows?
A: Nobody who has posted seems to be aware of it if it does exist.

> It's easy enough to review by pulling an already published post..

Thank you Diesel for that insightful comment where I agree with you that
nobody seems to know any more than I did before we started on the question

Q: Is there freeware to mount Android sdcards over USB as a drive letter?
A: To date, nobody has any knowledge of such a method existing.

> As far as computers are concerned,
>
> Arlen, the more I converse (if you want to call it that) with you,
> the more I discover, you know far less than you think you do.

Thank you Diesel for that astute advice, where, if I haven't been clear
yet, I apologize for not mentioning that I'm a noob who has always said so.

If I knew the answer to the question asked here, I wouldn't have asked it.
Unfortunately, even after dozens of posts, nobody else seems to know any
more than I do with respect to the answer to the question asked here of

Q: What freeware for mounts Android storage over USB as a drive letter?
A: Nobody seems to know of any, based on the input in this thread.

Arlen_Holder

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On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 00:49:05 -0000 (UTC), Arlen_Holder wrote:

> Q: What freeware for mounts Android storage over USB as a drive letter?
> A: Nobody seems to know of any, based on the input in this thread.

Ooops. Same answer ... wrong thread ... wrong topic ... same answer...

Mea culpa. I wasn't taking Diesel's response seriously becuase it was
completley off topic (talking about headers) so I didn't look at the
subject line myself.

mea culpa.
The answer is the same though ... but it's a different question.

Q: Is there a way to change the settings for where Android stores
screenshots?

A: The simple answer is no, based on all the input.

HINT: The caveat was that the two obvious answers were already known and
stated in the original post, where NOBODY improved on those kludges.
o Kludge1: File redirector (they work, but they're a kludge)
o Kludge2: Screenshot replacment tool (works - but also a kludge)
o Kludge3: Symlinks (won't work unless rooted, apparently)

Since the answer ot the question is pretty clear by now:
Q: Is there a way to change the settings?
A: No.

The next-best thing is an ancillary Screenshot program, simply becuase file
redirectors are far more problematic (if you've ever used them, and I
have), than would be a simple screenshot program.

Hence, as far as I can tell from the answers, where people like Frank
Slootweg make believe they have answers but they don't have a clue, the
answer to the questions appears to be this as the best answer:

Q: How can you store Screenshots on the external SD Card?
A: You can't.
A: So, what you do is replace the screenshot program.

Which Screenshot program works best for allowing you to store your
screenshots on the external sd card in a location of your own choosing?

I don't know.
Do you?

Diesel

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alt.comp.freeware, wrote:

> On Sun, 4 Nov 2018 08:46:02 -0000 (UTC), Diesel wrote:
>
>> Do I detect a bit of a poor attempt at sarcasm, Arlen? Who's
>> "us"? exactly? You know, they have a medical term for that...
>
> Hi Diesel,'
>
> Thanks for your help on the problem set posed in this thread,
> where, unfortunately, I agree that we learned nothing in this
> thread that answers the question

I don't know who we is, so I can't very well agree with you on that.
I already know the answer to the question in this thread and I
provided you several opportunities in which to obtain it. You made
the decision not to do so. So, at the end of the day, it's YOU and
you alone who doesn't have a working solution to your problem.

> Q: Is there a free Windows app that does what MTPDrive does?
> A: Nobody knows of this functionality who has posted to date.

Yes, there is. Not only are you considerably arrogant without
justification, you're quite dishonest as well. Intentionally I might
add.

> Thanks Diesel for that sage advice, where it seems nobody knows
> any more than you or I do on the answer to the question posted in
> this thread

Again with your dishonesty. I've already told you, several times now,
that I know *several ways* in which to acquire a drive letter for
your androids internal and external memory using freeware in all but
one. I haven't provided you ANY of the solutions because you never
bothered to issue an apology for some choice, and very out of line,
comments you wrote to me prior to your question.

I've given you several opportunities to do the right thing, but,
you've consistently made the decision to forgo doing so. As a result,
I've elected not to share with you the information you need, that you
can't seem to get on your own.

> Q: Does a free MTPDrive-replacement functionality exist on
> Windows? A: Nobody who has posted seems to be aware of it if it
> does exist.
>
>> It's easy enough to review by pulling an already published post..
>
> Thank you Diesel for that insightful comment where I agree with
> you that nobody seems to know any more than I did before we
> started on the question

You agree with me on what exactly? I've told you, several times, that
I do infact know several ways in which to do what you want to do. Had
you not started off on the wrong foot with me, you'd have acquired
that information likely the day you asked for it. Rather than make
any effort to fix the problem you caused for yourself with regard to
me, you've ignored it and expected (hahah, right) me to help you out
anyway. It doesn't work like that.

> Q: Is there freeware to mount Android sdcards over USB as a drive
> letter? A: To date, nobody has any knowledge of such a method
> existing.

It's so easy to prove your dishonesty with all of this, Arlen. You're
outright lying at this point, on purpose. Why, I don't know. It's so
easy to prove, too.

>> Arlen, the more I converse (if you want to call it that) with
>> you, the more I discover, you know far less than you think you
>> do.
>
> Thank you Diesel for that astute advice, where, if I haven't been
> clear yet, I apologize for not mentioning that I'm a noob who has
> always said so.

Actually, you've claimed to have been using computers for decades
with an ancient programming background, etc etc etc. I don't recall
any particular post by you that admits you're a bit of a n00b on a
considerable amount of subjects. It would explain why you think
reinventing the wheel is a 'brilliant' solution, though.

> If I knew the answer to the question asked here, I wouldn't have
> asked it.

That's what amuses me. I do know the answer.

> Unfortunately, even after dozens of posts, nobody else
> seems to know any more than I do with respect to the answer to the
> question asked here of

ROFL. You're outright, lying now, Arlen. You aren't getting the
answer because reverse psy nonsense doesn't work on me, and, you were
an asshole towards me for no reason. I wouldn't risk my own
reputation by telling you I knew something if I didn't actually know
it. I fully expected to have to prove I knew it, too; but, you were
too childish to fork over the apology, so, I don't need to bother.

> Q: What freeware for mounts Android storage over USB as a drive
> letter?

There's several ways in which to do it.

> A: Nobody seems to know of any, based on the input in this
> thread.

Completely untrue. You've been told repeatedly that it can be done
but that you weren't getting a single clue by four on any aspect of
it without apologizing first. You made the decision not to do that
and by doing so, you're pissing in the wind now. That's on you,
Arlen. Entirely on you.

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alt.comp.freeware, wrote:

> Mea culpa. I wasn't taking Diesel's response seriously becuase it
> was completley off topic (talking about headers) so I didn't look
> at the subject line myself.

ROFL. Dishonest you be, Alren.

> Hence, as far as I can tell from the answers, where people like
> Frank Slootweg make believe they have answers but they don't have
> a clue, the answer to the questions appears to be this as the best
> answer:
>
> Q: How can you store Screenshots on the external SD Card?
> A: You can't.

Yes, you can.

> A: So, what you do is replace the screenshot program.

That's one option.

> Which Screenshot program works best for allowing you to store your
> screenshots on the external sd card in a location of your own
> choosing?

Find it yourself?

> I don't know.

That's obvious.

> Do you?

Yep. I just don't want to help you out.

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On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 06:42:34 -0000 (UTC), Diesel wrote:

>> Which Screenshot program works best for allowing you to store your
>> screenshots on the external sd card in a location of your own
>> choosing?
>
> Find it yourself?

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On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 06:42:33 -0000 (UTC), Diesel wrote:

> I already know the answer to the question in this thread

Hi Diesel,

At the moment, you are the only person on the planet who knows the answer
to the question, so I consider it noble of you to hold the answer back in
order to us work for that expert knowledge that only people like you have.

Diesel

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alt.comp.freeware, wrote:

> On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 06:42:34 -0000 (UTC), Diesel wrote:
>
>>> Which Screenshot program works best for allowing you to store
>>> your screenshots on the external sd card in a location of your
>>> own choosing?
>>
>> Find it yourself?
>
> Hi Diesel,
>
> That's what I love about Usenet.
> o People like you are so helpful.

In many cases, certainly.

> o And knowledgeable too.

Ayep.

And then, there's arseholes such as yourself.

> Since I'll likely be the one to move the ball forward for
> everyone

everyone clearly meaning you. You're the only person here who's
expressed such difficulty doing various things. I don't recall a
single other poster asking how to do the things you have...

> The huge number of screenshot freeware programs indicates two
> things: o One of them should functionally allow for saving
> anywhere we want, and, o Testing them all will take some time to
> report back definitively to the team

Ahh, except that you specifically didn't want another screenshot
program. Giving up on this one too then, yes? Quitters never do win.

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To be fair, Arlen, I'm only making you work for it. Nobody else has
requested it. And, you're working for it entirely due to your less
than.. professional attitude towards me.

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On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 15:33:22 -0000 (UTC), Diesel wrote:

> Ahh, except that you specifically didn't want another screenshot
> program. Giving up on this one too then, yes? Quitters never do win.

Hi Diesel,

Unfortunately, it's clear nobody knows any more than I do about moving the
screenshot location to a given folder on the external sdcard, which is too
bad because I know almost nothing about it myself (which is why I asked the
question in the first place).

What made it worse is that nobody even _understands_ the problem set.
So it's my fault for not explaining it well enough for comprehension.

Therefore, I'm sorry if I didn't explain the problem set well enough for
someone intelligent here to add any on topic technical value toward a
workiing solution (where the emphasis is that the solution has to actually
work).

*Everything proposed so far in this thread doesn't actually work.*

PROBLEM SET
For example, Frank Slootweg clearly completely misunderstood the problem
set, saying, in effect, that nobody on the planet would ever want to put
screenshots in any other location than where Frank thinks they should go.

SOLUTION SET
Similarly, Pooh the Coder misunderstood the solution set, where symlinks
won't work on a non-root device, and where file redirectors are likewise
not going to be a good solution, even though they would work (and I have a
lot of experience with them).

*Since nobody proposed a working solution, we're left with screenshotters.*

Apparently I know the most of all who responded, about screenshotting, so,
as noted, I'm noted testing the following screenshot programs:
<http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=5411499screenshot01.jpg>

There are no other known solutions that anyone proved actually work.

In fact, simple as the question is, there's no evidence that anyone who
posted even _understood_ the problem set, let alone proposed a *working*
solution.

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On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 15:33:22 -0000 (UTC), Diesel wrote:

> To be fair, Arlen, I'm only making you work for it. Nobody else has
> requested it. And, you're working for it entirely due to your less
> than.. professional attitude towards me.

Hi Diesel,

The problem of forcing me to work for it is that I already know the answer
to the question given that nobody knows the answer any better than I do.

These are the facts which I knew well _before_ I asked the question:
o Settings = fail
o Symlink = fail
o Redirectors = pass (with caveats)
o Screenshotters = pass (with caveats)

These are the facts that changed as a direct result of asking the question:
o Settings = fail
o Symlink = fail
o Redirectors = pass (with caveats)
o Screenshotters = pass (with caveats)

If you know more than I do, it's not apparent to anyone other than to you.

Diesel

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alt.comp.freeware, wrote:

> On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 15:33:22 -0000 (UTC), Diesel wrote:
>
>> Ahh, except that you specifically didn't want another screenshot
>> program. Giving up on this one too then, yes? Quitters never do
>> win.
>
> Hi Diesel,
>
> Unfortunately, it's clear nobody knows any more than I do about
> moving the screenshot location to a given folder on the external
> sdcard, which is too bad because I know almost nothing about it
> myself (which is why I asked the question in the first place).

I'm not surprised to see that you're lying again, despite claiming to
deal in facts and only facts. You seem to be contradicting yourself a
lot lately.

> What made it worse is that nobody even _understands_ the problem
> set. So it's my fault for not explaining it well enough for
> comprehension.

Arlen, let's not discuss comprehension. We've already seen a damning
example of yours, right here:

http://al.howardknight.net/msgid.cgi?ID=154114027600

> Therefore, I'm sorry

Yea.. that's one way to describe you...Not one I'd personally go
with, but...

> *Everything proposed so far in this thread doesn't actually work.*

Not true. What I personally proposed, does, quite nicely, actually.

Since you're writing code now, (rofl...) you could write yourself a
simple program to do this for you. You seem to enjoy reinventing the
wheel, why not again?

> PROBLEM SET
> For example, Frank Slootweg clearly completely misunderstood the
> problem set, saying, in effect, that nobody on the planet would
> ever want to put screenshots in any other location than where
> Frank thinks they should go.

I read Franks posts on the subject, including the threads he shared
here. He did not misunderstand your question, oth, you misunderstood
*ALL* of his answers.

> SOLUTION SET
> Similarly, Pooh the Coder misunderstood the solution set, where
> symlinks won't work on a non-root device, and where file
> redirectors are likewise not going to be a good solution, even
> though they would work (and I have a lot of experience with them).

I have absolutely no respect for Pooh, but, on this one, again, I
read the thread and the short discussion between the two of you.
Despite not providing you a working solution (that was intentionally
on his part, I have no doubt) they didn't misunderstood you, either.

What are you calling a redirector, how is it not going to be a good
solution? What is the difference in a Symlink and redirector in the
actual proper terminology sense, Arlen? One could infact say, you
wasted time trying to use one after already declaring they weren't an
acceptable solution. Infact, you praised symlinks initially.

Message-ID: <pr7jhs$6qi$1...@news.mixmin.net>
http://al.howardknight.net/msgid.cgi?ID=154181682500

*** begin paste
A symlink seems to be a reasonable workaround - if it works non root.
o I had previously use file redirectors - but they're a PITA.
o I tested complete screenshot freeware apps - but that's overkill

A symlink seems like a reasonable compromise between the two
approaches!
Searching for how to make a symlink on Android without being root...
<https://duckduckgo.com/?q=nonroot+make+android+symlink>
==========
1st hit: Any Way to Get Symbolic Link on Non Rooted Device? (2014)
<https://androidforums.com/threads/any-way-to-get-symbolic-link-on-
non-rooted-device.819959/>

The result of that 2014 thread is that the "short answer is no".
*** end paste

Do you understand what a Symlink is, Arlen?

The single application I suggested to you is infact, a working
solution to your problem, but, it's not a 'redirector'. it's not able
to redirect anything. It can *move* things, AFTER THE FACT, but it's
not able to play middleman and redirect while in transit or initiate
the save where you wanted it, specifically. A 'redirector' OTH, would
do that.

> *Since nobody proposed a working solution, we're left with
> screenshotters.*

Incorrect. I gave you a working and quite stable solution to your
problem. Due to your lack of using proper terminology (redirector)
and demonstrating you don't understand what you were even ruling out
(Since you praised symlink and that most certainly fucking is a
redirector), you're left with other screen shot programs as a
possible choice.

You still don't get it, Arlen. Android device configurations (some)
and what some default apps will/won't do out of the box is controlled
by the device manufacturer. Some will let you pick a spot to save
screenshots using the default app, and, others absolutely, don't have
that 'feature' available via the touch screen interface. However, it
*does* have that information inside a configuration file that you can
edit; if you know how to access it and know where it's to be found.
*smile*

> Apparently I know the most of all who responded, about
> screenshotting, so, as noted, I'm noted testing the following
> screenshot programs:
> <http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=5411499screenshot01.jpg>

Apparently, as we can clearly see by your own posts, you don't even
know the proper terminology for what you didn't want to use; And what
you thought might be a good idea was infact exactly what you wrote
you didn't want in the first place, due to prior bad experience
(rofl, no doubt) with them.

> In fact, simple as the question is, there's no evidence that
> anyone who posted even _understood_ the problem set, let alone
> proposed a *working* solution.

There's all kinds of evidence pointing to the contrary, Arlen. The
only individual who's stuck is yourself, by your own voluntary
efforts to insult others without any justified reason for doing so.
What did you expect would be the result of repeatedly doing that?

Cookies and pat on the back?

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alt.comp.freeware, wrote:

> On Tue, 6 Nov 2018 15:33:22 -0000 (UTC), Diesel wrote:
>
>> To be fair, Arlen, I'm only making you work for it. Nobody else
>> has requested it. And, you're working for it entirely due to your
>> less than.. professional attitude towards me.
>
> Hi Diesel,
>
> The problem of forcing me to work for it is that I already know
> the answer to the question given that nobody knows the answer any
> better than I do.

First of all, I'm forcing you to work for it entirely due to some of
your previous and completely uncalled for replies to me. Second, if
you knew the answer, or had any idea how to find it, you wouldn't be
here making absurd claims about 1 in 1000 knowing the solution or 1
in 100 even understanding the question.

> These are the facts which I knew well _before_ I asked the
> question

Your own posts to usenet demonstrate otherwise.

> o Settings = fail

For the device you're doing it with, yep.

> o Symlink = fail

Pooh nor yourself were aware of this prior to it being brought up.
and you attempting to do it, as well as researching how. You provided
the efforts of your results in this post:

Message-ID: <pr7jhs$6qi$1...@news.mixmin.net>
http://al.howardknight.net/msgid.cgi?ID=154181682500

Lets' have us a look closer. <G>

*** begin paste
A symlink seems to be a reasonable workaround - if it works non root.
o I had previously use file redirectors - but they're a PITA.
o I tested complete screenshot freeware apps - but that's overkill

A symlink seems like a reasonable compromise between the two
approaches!
Searching for how to make a symlink on Android without being root...
<https://duckduckgo.com/?q=nonroot+make+android+symlink>
==========
1st hit: Any Way to Get Symbolic Link on Non Rooted Device? (2014)
<https://androidforums.com/threads/any-way-to-get-symbolic-link-on-
non-rooted-device.819959/>

The result of that 2014 thread is that the "short answer is no".
*** end paste

Contrary to the very claim you made in this very post, which was, I
will happily remind you:

"These are the facts which I knew well _before_ I asked the

question" "Symlink = fail"

You did *NOT* know anything about Symlink prior to Pooh suggesting
it, as can clearly be shown in this post of yours, available right
here:

Message-ID: <pr7jhs$6qi$1...@news.mixmin.net>
http://al.howardknight.net/msgid.cgi?ID=154181682500

You further backed up that lack of knowledge with this post:
Message-ID: <proh3a$2m3$1...@news.mixmin.net>
http://al.howardknight.net/msgid.cgi?ID=154181690600

Kludge3: Symlinks (won't work unless rooted, apparently)

> o Redirectors = pass (with caveats)

You've been asked before, but, I'll ask again. What specifically are
you calling a redirector Arlen?

> o Screenshotters = pass (with caveats)

Screenshotters Arlen? Terminology confuses you does it?

> If you know more than I do, it's not apparent to anyone other than
> to you.

I wouldn't say that. I believe others who are reading this thread do
infact know atleast one, if not two, possibly all methods I've hinted
about (I've dropped quite a few Arlen) you using as solutions to this
problem and the one that's really been irking you for well over a
month (possibly longer); how to get drive letters for your androids
internal/external memory.

You're being dishonest because I've already told you, several times,
WHY I WON'T just tell you how to do each one, step by step. It has
nothing to do with my inability to do it, I assure you, I fucking
well can. It has EVERYTHING TO DO with your uncalled for posts as
well as completely inability to apologize for having written them in
the first place.

YOUR OWN ARROGANCE is what stands in the way of me giving you the
solutions, outright, without you working hard for them. So hard,
you'll be doing most of the work and i'll help you if you fuckup,
once I see for myself you have a firm understanding of what you're
trying to accomplish AND PUT IN THE WORK.

Since you'll be damned if you'll 0wn your previous mistake, you'll
pay for it (with interest, a lot of interest) in another way. You'll
work it off. That is, if you want the information badly enough. And
everyone else continues to play along and also refuses to just fork
it over. If that's the case here, and I'm pretty sure it has been so
far, I really appreciate it; and I owe the rest of you bigtime.

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