What is WM5torage?

[GaMedic]

I see descriptions of this program saying that it turns your PPC into a card reader but do not really understand the benefit. Will someone please explain the usefullness of this application. If I want to move a file from my PPC to my PC I just go to My Computer and browse mobile device, then go to storage card and copy paste the file. What benefit does this program offer over doing that process?

[Lazybones]

When using this program you don't need to have active sync installed on the PC to transfer files.

So lets say you have a PC at work that you are not allowed to install active sync on and you want to transfer a file to your phone you could turn on WM5torage and then attach your phone to the PC. It would detect like a USB flash drive.

[GaMedic]

Thanks for the explanation.

[alansupra94]

works pretty good too....that is how I transfer files when I am at school

[lucaspeyatt]

I love this program, I dont need to install activesync or wait for it to initalize or sync everything before I can start using it.

[InvincibleLiving]

I live and die by this app. very easy to transfer files to pc's or laptops which I do multiple times a day. And not everyone has activesync...

[Rickytr23]

Thanks man..........

[TMB_XV6700]

Since I carry around some critical files in a Windows "Briefcase" on a USB drive, I guess I could store that briefcase on the storage card. Does anyone know whether WM5 (or WM6) can access briefcases? If so, then that would be a way to sync files on the storage card with files located elsewhere on the computer network. I'll investigate.

[TMB_XV6700]

This is what I did:
1. Opened WM5Storage on the device, Activated as Removable Class DSK1: /SD Memory Card
2. Connected to computer running XP
3. In XP, navigated to the new removable storage (Drive G and created a new briefcase.
4. Using click and drag, copied multiple network files and one folder with enclosed files into the briefcase.
5. Disconnected the device and Deactivated WM5Storage
6. Made changes to files on both the device and the network.
7. Activated WM5Storage and connected the device.
8. In XP, navigated to the briefcase, clicked "Update All", and implemented the changes.

Benefits:
1. This allows relatively simple "synchronization" of multiple files and folders that may exist at several different locations on your computer network, not just in the "synchronized files" folder on the local computer, to which ActiveSync is limited.
2. Because the files are saved to the storage card rather to Main Memory, you can carry more and larger files without cramping your limited device storage.

Limitations:
1. At least for MS Office files, this works best for one-way syncing only - that is updating files on the device that have been modified on the network. I've never been real happy going the other way around - except for fairly simple documents and spreadsheets, the pocket office applications just truncate too much.
2. Unlike Activesync, the briefcase updating does not convert the files to pocket versions, so this process won't work for applications that rely on that conversion. (I don't know of any apps that do. I tested unconverted Word and Excel files as well as pdfs and jpgs, and they opened fine on the device. In fact, I like how Office Mobile allows you to edit the unconverted documents and warns you of the file incompatibility when you close them, allowing you to cancel or save-as.)
3. To create files on the device and have them automatically updated to the network, you need to make sure they are included in a synchronized folder inside the briefcase.

Besides a few business-critical files, I might experiment with how this works with music files, since I've never trusted activesync with media.

[GaMedic]

I have used this app twice. Great app, thanks for helping me figure out what it is.