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Windows format doesn't completely change sdcard volume name for Android use

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The more I do to improve efficiency between Android and Windows, and
specifically to make inevitable porting of each completely seamless, 
the more I learn how complex it gets when you are dealing with sdcards.
 <https://i.postimg.cc/bNGTzR6q/sdcard1.jpg>

When you mindlessly double your portable memory, you end up with the new
filespec being different than the old filespec due to the new volume name.
 <https://i.postimg.cc/7YngGTV4/swapportablememory.jpg>

In order to make seamless the doubling of sdcard portable memory, I have,
for years, Windows-formatted the new volume label to match the old name.
 <https://i.postimg.cc/1XDSvStx/formatlabel.jpg>

That clever little trick wonderfully enables the filespec for the new
sdcard portable memory to be the same as the old for Android apps.
 <https://i.postimg.cc/QN6nY1H5/sdcard09.jpg> 

Even Windows calls uses the new volume name, which is nicely consistent
such that paths to map data on Windows are the *same* as on Android.
 <https://i.postimg.cc/zD9P15FX/sdcard11.jpg> OsmAnd~ Windows confirmation
 <https://i.postimg.cc/ZK4pNMTx/sdcard12.jpg> OsmAnd~ Android confirmation

With the result that doubling portable storage is entirely seamless to all
your Windows/Android apps whether they be editors or maps or file managers.
 <https://i.postimg.cc/dtVcLJTR/sdcard10.jpg>>

However... with all magic... comes complexity (of understanding)... 

In another thread, an offshoot revealed that even if you change the volume
name (aka volume label) of your portable storage sdcard, while Android apps
can use either the old volume name or the new volume name (apparently), the
question is why didn't Windows format *completely* change the Volume Name?
 *Clever helpful suggestion for portable memory using Windows & Android editors*
 <https://www.novabbs.com/computers/article-flat.php?id=57086&group=comp.mobile.android#57086>

As a result, Android file managers sometimes display only the new name:
 <https://i.postimg.cc/C1rkysfz/roundsync.jpg>

And some Android file managers only display the old volume name:
https://i.postimg.cc/0yvf0ZGs/zarchiver.jpg>

Yet, more often than not, Android file managers display both volume names!
 <https://i.postimg.cc/v8z1hhKn/ghostcommander.jpg>
 <https://i.postimg.cc/26yLxLXm/mixexplorer.jpg>
 <https://i.postimg.cc/PqGS9TnB/owlfiles.jpg>

Why?
Does anyone know what is going on to explain the recent observations above?
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Windows format doesn't completely change sdcard volume name for Android use Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-02-04 20:28 +0000
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