Re: Transferring contents of a large folder (eg 3000 photos) from Android to Windows 10

On 2025-07-19 11:05, NY wrote:

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The obvious way would be by USB cable, such that the phone appears as a "pseudo disk drive" in Windows Explorer and files can be selected for copying/moving. I know about the various USB modes: "Transferring files/Android AUto", "USB tethering", "MIDI", "Transferring images", "Charging phone only". Of these, only the two "Transferring" options would seem to be relevant. "Transferring photo" only shows the DCIM folder; "Transferring files" also shows Android/media/com.whatsapp/WhatsApp/Media/Whatsapp Images.
 However Windows 10 (unlike Windows 7) seems to crash Explorer as it is gradually transferring the list of files (not the files themselves) in a selected folder (eg DCIM) order to populate the Explorer window so files can be selected.
 On Win 7, even a folder with a large number of files (photos), as seen by Windows Explorer, gradually (slowly!) populates with filenames/icons and then allows them to be selected and copied.

What I find with any version of Windows is that, if you remove the phone by unplugging it or using the eject USB device mechanism from the system tray, if the phone is still selected in an Explorer window, then that Explorer window will be closed automatically.
So I'm wondering if the problems you are having are due to the phone GUI timing out and breaking the connection, which in turn closes the Explorer window.
Try temporarily altering the phone screen timeout and lock to 'never' or else a very long time so that it will not attempt to go to sleep and so lose the connection before all the files have transferred.
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