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Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card?

From Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card?
Date 2016-08-31 11:08 +0100
Organization Association of Revolting Peasants
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On 31/08/2016 04:30, Danny D. wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Aug 2016 18:16:08 +0100, Roger Mills wrote:
>
>> What version of Android are you using?
>
> 4.3
>
>> If 6, is the SD card configured
>> as an extension of internal storage rather than as a removable device?
>
> As far as I remember, the SD card is just there.
> It's not set up for anything.
> It's just there.
>
> I only use it for downloads mostly.
>
>> If so, the system will have put those folders there. If you delete them,
>> at worst the whole thing will stop working and at best, they'll simply
>> re-appear.
>
> They reappear.
> Not all of them.
> Just the stubborn ones reappear.
>
>> They're probably using next to no space, and are just place-holders.
>
> This is true that they're using almost zero space.
> But they make my card ugly.
>
> I like to keep it all clean and organized.

Looks like it insists on installing its default file structure on the 
card. I guess you'll just have to live with it.
-- 
Cheers,
Roger
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Who or what is polluting my external SD card? "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-30 18:04 +0200
  Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2016-08-30 18:16 +0100
    Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-31 03:30 +0000
      Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? Roger Mills <watt.tyler@gmail.com> - 2016-08-31 11:08 +0100
        Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-01 03:47 +0000
          Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? John B. <slocombjbEDIT@gmail.xyz> - 2016-09-01 14:10 +0700
            Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-01 18:45 +0000
              Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? John B. <slocombjbEDIT@gmail.xyz> - 2016-09-02 12:32 +0700
                Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2016-09-02 09:41 +0200
                Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? John B. <slocombjbEDIT@gmail.xyz> - 2016-09-02 16:13 +0700
                Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-03 07:27 +0000
                Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? John B. <slocombjbEDIT@gmail.xyz> - 2016-09-03 15:40 +0700
                Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-03 09:42 +0000
                Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? John B. <slocombjbEDIT@gmail.xyz> - 2016-09-04 11:40 +0700
                Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2016-09-04 14:05 +0200
                Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2017-01-17 01:57 -0500
                Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2016-09-03 10:42 +0200
                Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-03 09:42 +0000
                Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-03 07:27 +0000
                Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? Hergen Lehmann <hlehmann.expires.5-11@snafu.de> - 2016-09-03 10:38 +0200
                Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-03 09:42 +0000
                Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? Hergen Lehmann <hlehmann.expires.5-11@snafu.de> - 2016-09-03 13:39 +0200
                Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-03 07:27 +0000
              Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2016-09-02 07:34 +0100
                Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? "Danny D." <dannydiamico@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-03 07:26 +0000
          Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? Hergen Lehmann <hlehmann.expires.5-11@snafu.de> - 2016-09-01 22:04 +0200
  Re: Who or what is polluting my external SD card? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-09-04 19:18 +0200

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